tubenose

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From tube +‎ nose.

Noun[edit]

tubenose (plural tubenoses)

  1. Any of the Procellariiformes, an order of seabirds including albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters.
  2. A small, thin fish of Japanese and Korean coastal waters, Aulichthys japonicus