tubenose

[ toob-nohz, tyoob- ]

noun

1. tubesnout.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tubenose¹

tube + nose

Example Sentences

Some fish-eating, deep-diving birds like murres, puffins and endangered marbled murrelets, as well as tubenose birds like albatross and shearwaters, suffered much more than others.

From Seattle Times

Thus far he has scanned 540 species, including the Cornish lumpsucker, typically found amid small rocks in the sea around Ireland, the blue and yellow forktail blenny, and the Arctic’s tubenose poacher.

From National Geographic

Tubenose bycatch from a longline fishing trip; the sheer number of deaths are unbelievable.

From Scientific American

There are indications that this slow development is related to previously unappreciated peculiarities of tubenose biology.

From Scientific American