snout

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
  2. noun informal terms for the nose
  3. noun beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils

Etymology

From Middle English snowte, snout, snute, from Old English *snūt, *snūte or Middle Low German snûte, from Proto-West Germanic *snūt, from Proto-Germanic *snūtaz. Compare Saterland Frisian Snuute (“snout”), West Frisian snút (“snout”), Dutch snuit or snoet (“snout; cute face”), German Low German Snuut (“snout”), German Schnauze, Schnute (“snout”). Doublet of snoot.

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