snout

• He'd been delighted when his snout was the first with this sniff. —  Reginald Hill
• This strange-looking creature from South America appears to have no mouth, for his snout is shaped like a tube and contains neither teeth nor jaws.
• It has a snout which is prehensile, like the trunk of an elephant, but on a very small scale What does that mean?" —  Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
• Those of India have longer legs than those of Europe; their snout is also prolonged, like that of a hog; and their tail resembles that of the latter animal. —  Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals
• Her ears stood up stiffly, her snout was as stubby as though it had been broken off, her eyes were very small, and her tail had the right curl. —  Among the Farmyard People

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