Definitions for: Shovelnose

Webster (1913) Definition: Shov"el*nose`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The common sand shark. See under Snad.
(b) A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus),
which is taken for its oil.
(c) A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus).
(d) A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family ({Scaphirhynchus
platyrhynchus}) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; --
called also white sturgeon.