long-nosedadj.
/ˈlɒŋnəʊzd/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋˌnoʊzd/, /ˈlɑŋˌnoʊzd/ Having a long nose. Used in the names of some animals.
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Longe nosed, acronasus.
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Narigudo Long nosed, Nasutus.
1680 A. Wood Life 14 June The servitor is tall, long-nosed, flowing hair and slow speech.
1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses vi. 25 A little, long nos'd, thin Man.
1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 245 Aguti... Small Indian Coney,... Long-nosed Rabbet.
1813 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 4) I. 508 The Long-nosed Tapir.
1863 S. St. John Life in Forests Far East II. xiv. 243 The long-nosed monkey, which will run in a stooping position without using its arms.
1897 Outing 29 327/1 Copious draughts of saki, which steamed in a long-nosed pot overlaid with dragons.
1934 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Grey Granite ii. 114 Ma..wasn't to have the long-nosed sniftering wretch skeetering around while she was alive.
1971 J. W. Steward Snakes of Europe vi. 151 The common name ‘Sand Viper’ is misleading.., and the alternative names ‘Long-nosed Viper’ or ‘Nose-horned Viper’ are more correctly descriptive.
2004 Dive Sept. 87/2 You can find some beautiful long-nosed hawkfish in the gorgonian fans.
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long-nosed bat n. any of several bats with long noses; esp. a New World bat of the genus Leptonycteris (family Phyllostomidae).
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1845 Encycl. Metrop. XIII. 1073/2 Long-nosed Bat. Total length two inches and one-third..head small and pointed, with the nose projecting a full line beyond the lower jaw, and its tip cleft.
1937 Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 35 33 It is an apterous species... Bedford has recorded it from the Cape long-nosed bat and the Natal sociable bat.
2004 Earth Island Jrnl. Autumn 36/3 Two species of migrant pollinators breed in the Sonoran Desert: western white-winged doves and lesser long-nosed bats.
long-nosed pliers n. = long-nose pliers n. at long-nose n. and adj. Compounds.
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1864 Telegr. Jrnl. 30 Jan. 52/1 One pair long-nosed pliers.
1938 Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 175 Two shallow 1/8″ holes were drilled side by side in the plug so a pair of long-nosed pliers could be used to remove it.
2012 L. Riotte Catfish Ponds & Lily Pads v. 72 A beginner's tackle box..should contain a supply of hooks, some bobbers, a supply of clamp-on sinkers, long-nosed pliers to remove hooks, [etc.].
long-nosed potoroo n. a rat kangaroo, Potorous tridactylus (family Potoroidae), found in dense scrub and grassland in parts of Australia and Tasmania.
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1943 Austral. Museum Mag. July 175/1 Gilbert's Rat-Kangaroo..was apparently a smaller form of the eastern long-nosed Potoroo.
2005 Wine Internat. Jan. (Austral. Life Suppl.) 28/3 The long-nosed potoroo—a small kangaroo-like marsupial—can also be found here in large numbers.
long-nosed skate n. a greyish-brown, deep water skate, Dipturus oxyrinchus, found in the north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean, having an elongated and pointed snout.
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1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 419 The Long-nosed Skate is immediately distinguished from any other skate found on the British coast, not only by the great length of the nose.
1936 J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 336 The Long-nosed Skate is a deep-water fish of northern distribution.
2011 H. Gilbey Compl. Fishing Man. ix. 250/2 There are other skate species found in European waters [including the long-nosed skate and the white skate].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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