Home › Words › S › shovelnoseshovelnoseshovelnose means the common sand shark.EtymologyFrom shovel + nose.nounThe common sand shark.A small California shark (Notorynchus cepedianus).A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus griseus).A fish of the sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; the white sturgeon.A type of Native American canoe.A type of streamlined railway locomotive.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.sharpnose 64% match — An Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae) vs shovelnose →hammerfish 58% match — The hammerhead shark. vs shovelnose →vaalhaai 58% match — The tope Galeorhinus galeus. vs shovelnose →soupfin 57% match — The school shark. vs shovelnose →megashark 57% match — A very large shark. vs shovelnose →requin 56% match — The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). vs shovelnose →bonedog 56% match — The spiny dogfish. vs shovelnose →sharksucker 55% match — The remora or suckerfish. vs shovelnose →