n. (Zool.) 1. A grey cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe. Also Tursiops truncatus -- a synonym?
Syn. -- bottlenose dolphin. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. The puffin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. a north Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead.
Syn. -- bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Cyanosed

a. [ See Cyanic. ] Rendered blue, as the surface of the body, from cyanosis or deficient aëration of the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

hard-nosed

adj. facing reality squarely; guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; tough and pragmatic; as, a hard-nosed businessman.
Syn. -- down-to-earth, hardheaded, practical, pragmatic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Hook-nosed

a. Having a hooked or aquiline nose. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leaf-nosed

n. (Zool.) Having a leaflike membrane on the nose; -- said of certain bats, esp. of the genera Phyllostoma and Rhinonycteris. See Vampire. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nosed

a. Having a nose, or such a nose; -- chiefly used in composition; as, pug-nosed. [ 1913 Webster ]

nose-dive

v. i. To drop with the nose or front first, as of an airplane.
Syn. -- nosedive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Shovel-nosed

a. (Zool.) Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler. [ 1913 Webster ]

Snub-nosed

a. Having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the snub-nosed eel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Snub-nosed cachalot (Zool.), the pygmy sperm whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tube-nosed

a. (Zool.) (a) Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak; -- said of certain sea birds. (b) Belonging to the Tubinares. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

bottle-nosed whale

(n) northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead, Syn. bottlenose whale, bottlenose, Hyperoodon ampullatus

hog-nosed skunk

(n) large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico, Syn. hognosed skunk, rooter skunk, Conepatus leuconotus, badger skunk

hook-nosed

(adj) having an aquiline nose

leaf-nosed snake

(n) any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America

nosedive

(n) a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline, Example:the stock took a nosedive

nosedive

(v) plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft

pug-nosed

(adj) having a blunt nose, Syn. short-nosed, snub-nosed, pug-nose, Example:a pug-nosed boy with freckles; a snub-nosed automatic

sharp-nosed

(adj) having a sharply pointed nose

soft-nosed

(adj) (of a bullet) made of soft material that expands on impact

stenosed

(adj) abnormally constricted body canal or passage, Syn. stenotic, Example:a stenosed coronary artery

toffee-nosed

(adj) snobbish; pretentiously superior

tube-nosed

(adj) having a tubular nose

undiagnosed

(adj) eluding diagnosis, Example:undiagnosed disease

bigheaded

(adj) (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; -Laurent Le Sage, Syn. persnickety, too big for one's breeches, snooty, stuck-up, uppish, snot-nosed, snotty, Example:a snotty little scion of a degenerate family; they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety

bottlenose dolphin

(n) any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean, Syn. bottlenose, bottle-nosed dolphin

bullnose

(n) a small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front, Syn. bullnosed plane

conenose

(n) large bloodsucking bug, Syn. kissing bug, conenose bug, big bedbug, cone-nosed bug

cownose ray

(n) large ray found along eastern coast of North America, Syn. Rhinoptera bonasus, cow-nosed ray

dive

(n) a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft, Syn. nosedive, nose dive

hardheaded

(adj) guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory, Syn. pragmatic, hard-nosed, practical, Example:a hardheaded appraisal of our position; a hard-nosed labor leader; completely practical in his approach to business; not ideology but pragmatic politics

harpy

(n) any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes, Syn. harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat

hog badger

(n) southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig, Syn. sand badger, hog-nosed badger, Arctonyx collaris

impudent

(adj) marked by casual disrespect, Syn. flip, insolent, snotty-nosed, Example:a flip answer to serious question; the student was kept in for impudent behavior

leafnose bat

(n) bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae, Syn. leaf-nosed bat

platyrrhine

(adj) of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses, Syn. platyrhinian, platyrrhinic, platyrrhinian, broadnosed, platyrhine, Ant. catarrhine, leptorrhine

snotty

(adj) dirty with nasal discharge, Syn. snot-nosed, Example:a snotty nose; a house full of snot-nosed kids

starnose mole

(n) amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose, Syn. star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

金丝猴

[金丝猴 / 金絲猴, jīn sī hóu] golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) #43260

宽吻海豚

[宽吻海豚 / 寬吻海豚, kuān wěn hǎi tún] bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

瓶鼻海豚

[瓶鼻海豚, píng bí hǎi tún] bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

白花蛇

[白花蛇, bái huā shé] long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus)

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天狗

[てんぐ, tengu] (n) (1) long-nosed goblin; (2) bragging; braggart #9690

アオハナホソオオトカゲ

[aohanahosoootokage] (n) canopy goanna (Varanus keithhornei, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Northeast Australia); blue-nosed goanna; Nesbit River monitor

アズマギンザメ属

[アズマギンザメぞく, azumaginzame zoku] (n) Harriotta (genus with two species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)

スポッテッドシャープノーズパファー

[supotteddosha-puno-zupafa-] (n) spotted sharpnosed puffer (Canthigaster punctatissima)

テングギンザメ科

[テングギンザメか, tenguginzame ka] (n) Rhinochimaeridae (family of cartilaginous long-nosed chimaera fish)

テングギンザメ属

[テングギンザメぞく, tenguginzame zoku] (n) Rhinochimaera (genus with three species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)

バーバーフィッシュ

[ba-ba-fisshu] (n) blacknosed butterflyfish (Johnrandallia nigrirostris); barberfish

マルビレテングギンザメ属

[マルビレテングギンザメぞく, marubiretenguginzame zoku] (n) Neoharriotta (genus with three species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)

蝉海老

[せみえび;セミエビ, semiebi ; semiebi] (n) (uk) blunt slipper lobster (species of shovel-nosed lobster, Scyllarides squammosus)

団塊の世代

[だんかいのせだい, dankainosedai] (n) baby boom generation

天狗蝙蝠

[てんぐこうもり;テングコウモリ, tengukoumori ; tengukoumori] (n) (uk) greater tube-nosed bat (Murina leucogaster)

半道海豚

[ばんどういるか;はんどういるか;バンドウイルカ;ハンドウイルカ, bandouiruka ; handouiruka ; bandouiruka ; handouiruka] (n) (uk) bottlenose dolphin; bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

姫沙魚

[ひめはぜ;ヒメハゼ, himehaze ; himehaze] (n) (uk) sharp-nosed sand goby (Favonigobius gymnauchen)

洟垂れ小僧

[はなたれこぞう, hanatarekozou] (n) snot-nosed kid

狆くしゃ

[ちんくしゃ, chinkusha] (n) pug-nosed face; person with a pug-nosed face

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Sturzflug { m } | einen Sturzflug machen

nose dive; nosedive | to nosedive

diagnostizieren | diagnostizierend | diagnostiziert | er/sie diagnostiziert | ich/er/sie diagnostizierte

to diagnoss | diagnosing | diagnosed | er/sie diagnoses | I/he/she diagnosed

stupsnasig { adj }