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Snout beetle   /snaʊt bˈitəl/   Listen
noun
Snout  n.  
1.
The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
2.
The nose of a man; in contempt.
3.
The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
4.
(Zool.)
(a)
The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; called also rostrum.
(b)
The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles.
Snout beetle (Zool.), any one of many species of beetles having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe Rhynchophora; a weevil.
Snout moth (Zool.), any pyralid moth. See Pyralid.





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