snout moth

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snout moth - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Snout \Snout\ (snout), n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low
     German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw.
     snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. sn?ta to blow the nose;
     probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. Snite, Snot,
     Snuff.]
     1. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
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     2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt. --Hudibras.
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     3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
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     4. (Zool.)
        (a) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod;
            -- called also rostrum.
        (b) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and
            allied beetles.
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     Snout beetle (Zool.), any one of many species of beetles
        having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe
        Rhynchophora; a weevil.
  
     Snout moth (Zool.), any pyralid moth. See Pyralid.
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