: having a nose especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
snub-nosed
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Of the thirty-six snakes tested for striking speed at VenomWorld in Paris, only the blunt-nosed viper lost a fang.
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Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
During the match, between Neon’s longstanding character, the three-nosed alien Gorleenyah, and the ICE agent, performer Chiquitita took to the stage to speak unplanned after Ellery handed her the microphone.
—Elyssa Goodman, Them., 23 Dec. 2025
The Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake is even the official state reptile.
—Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Season 2 will introduce Mikaela Hoover as the voice of the blue-nosed reindeer-boy Tony Tony Chopper, and Charithra Chandran as the mysterious Miss Wednesday.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
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Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
During the match, between Neon’s longstanding character, the three-nosed alien Gorleenyah, and the ICE agent, performer Chiquitita took to the stage to speak unplanned after Ellery handed her the microphone.
—Elyssa Goodman, Them., 23 Dec. 2025
The Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake is even the official state reptile.
—Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Season 2 will introduce Mikaela Hoover as the voice of the blue-nosed reindeer-boy Tony Tony Chopper, and Charithra Chandran as the mysterious Miss Wednesday.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Nosed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nosed. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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