bluntnose

Not sharply pointed

Bluntnose describes fish and other animals with a rounded, non-pointed snout: bluntnose sixgill shark, bluntnose shiner, bluntnose stingray.

The term appears mainly in common names for species where snout shape distinguishes them from relatives.

Also written as two words.

morphology

rounded

Having no sharp angles

flat · wide · short · smooth · tapered · profile · streamlined · head · shape · rostrum

minnow

freshwater

Non-saline aquatic environment

schooling · forage · scales · fins · gills · spawn · predation · plankton · invertebrates · aquarium

sturgeon

freshwater

Non-saline aquatic environment

conservation · spawn · anadromous · bottom-feeder · sediment · caviar · prehistoric · cartilaginous · scutes · barbels

Opposites
nose/snout shape

bluntnosepointed

Tapering to a tip

beaked · aquiline · longnose · tapered · elongated

aerodynamic/hydrodynamic profile

bluntnosestreamlined

Made smooth and efficient

tapered · pointed · aerodynamic · sleek · conical

Family

nose, blunt, nosy, nostril, bluntly, blunted, bluntness, blunter, bluntest

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