as in nose
the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity
dogs and their owners must grow to resemble one another, as that man and his basset hound have remarkably similar snouts
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Recent Examples of snout
Curious onlookers watched as large alligators and crocodiles with muzzled snouts were unloaded from the rail cars, along with hundreds of smaller ones.
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Jeremy Drouin, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
The snout of a curious whale and the muzzle of a four-legged sentry came oh-so close.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 7 Apr. 2025
These armless lizards, with clawed toes and an angular snout, were found burrowing in the soil near trees.
—Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
These people just can't seem to get their snouts out of the public trough.
—arkansasonline.com, 25 Mar. 2025
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Jeremy Drouin, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
The snout of a curious whale and the muzzle of a four-legged sentry came oh-so close.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 7 Apr. 2025
These armless lizards, with clawed toes and an angular snout, were found burrowing in the soil near trees.
—Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
These people just can't seem to get their snouts out of the public trough.
—arkansasonline.com, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snout
nose
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Symptoms of measles include a fever, rash, cough, fatigue, runny nose and red eyes.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Symptoms of measles include fever, cough, runny nose, conjunctivitis and rash, according to the Arkansas Health Department.—
Amir Mahmoud,
Arkansas Online,
9 May 2025
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“Snout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snout. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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