tube-nosed

[ toob-nohzed, tyoob- ]

adjective

1. having a long, tubelike beak or snout.
2. (of a petrel or similar bird) having extended tubelike nostrils.

Example Sentences

Species with white coats for camouflage—like snowshoe hares and snowy owls—could be at higher risk of predation, while polar bears and Ussurian tube-nosed bats may have fewer options to build their snowy dens.

From National Geographic

But shearwaters, as well as petrels and albatrosses, are part of a class known as tube-nosed seabirds, with tubular nostrils and an excellent senses of smell.

From Scientific American

They have more recently done other experiments, which show that shearwaters and the other tube-nosed birds, like petrels, albatrosses, and fulmars, are dependent on smell but not only smell.

From National Geographic

The mammal gained its nickname due to a likeness to the Star Wars character, but a University of York biologist has named it the hamamas tube-nosed fruit bat after the Papuan word for 'happy'.

From BBC

Body size effects and rates of cytochrome b evolution in tube-nosed seabirds.

From Scientific American