Definitions
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- adjective having a blunt nose
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Examples
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Brachycephalic dogs—short-nosed breeds like pugs and English bull dogs—are particularly susceptible to overheating and breathing issues.
Ruff Flight? Logan Airport Staff Can Be Furry Travelers' Best Friend Scott McCartney 2011
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He said it came from a dog that probably resembled the small, short-nosed, short-haired mutts that were common among the Indians of the Great Plains.
Man's Best Friend: Study Identifies 9,400-Year-Old Dog AP 2011
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He said it came from a dog that probably resembled the small, short-nosed, short-haired mutts that were common among the Indians of the Great Plains.
Man's Best Friend: Study Identifies 9,400-Year-Old Dog AP 2011
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Divers have reported sightings of schools of more than 200 hammerhead sharks and as many as 1,000 silky sharks in the protected waters, one of the few areas in the world where sightings of short-nosed ragged-toothed shark, known locally as the "Malpelo monster," have been confirmed.
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When a company called Ausra filed plans for a big solar power plant in California, it was deluged with demands from a union group that it study the effect on creatures like the short-nosed kangaroo rat and the ferruginous hawk.
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He said it came from a dog that probably resembled the small, short-nosed, short-haired mutts that were common among the Indians of the Great Plains.
Man's Best Friend: Study Identifies 9,400-Year-Old Dog AP 2011
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Our moral superiors would be horrified to learn, for example, that many males, including short-nosed fruit bats, lick their genitals after copulation.
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In more of a short-nosed, rolled-skin, curly-tailed kind of mood?
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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In more of a short-nosed, rolled-skin, curly-tailed kind of mood?
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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We can now add to the happy family of participants the short-nosed fruit bat.
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