snubnose (snubnoz)

A bivalve mollusk. snub-nosed (snub'nozd), a. [ Can you fancy that black-a-top, snub - nosed , sparrow mouthed, paunch-bellied creature? Bailey , tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, I. 44. Snub-nosed auk, any auklet of the genus Simorhynchus. See cut under auklet . Coues. - Snub-nosed cachalot, a pygmy sperm-whale, as Kogia breviceps . See Kogia and sperm-whale. Snub-nosed eel, the pug-nosed eel, Simenchelys parasitic us. See cut under Šimenchelys. snub-post (snub'post), n. 1. Same as snubbing post.-2. A similar post on a raft or canalboat; a head-fast.