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What is the noun for snout?

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snout
  1. The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
  2. The front of the prow of a ship or boat. [First attested in 1387.]
  3. (derogatory) A person's nose.
  4. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
  5. The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
  6. The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
  7. (Britain, slang) Tobacco; cigarettes.
  8. The terminus of a glacier.
  9. (slang) A police informer.
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  11. Examples:
    1. “The fish shows other features characteristic of land animals, including ribs, a neck, and nostrils on its snout for breathing air.”
snouts
  1. plural of snout
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Longnose gar have long, narrow snouts more than twice as long as the rest of the head and they have abundant, sharp, villiform teeth.”
      “Massive carnivorous dinosaurs known as spinosaurs had snouts and jaws similar to modern fish-eating crocodiles.”
      “A few metres away, one finds strange-looking garden eels, with their curious snouts sticking out of the sand.”
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