Definition of shovelnose

• n. - The common sand shark. See under Snad.
• n. - A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil.
• n. - A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus).
• n. - A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also white sturgeon.