Definitions
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- adjective having a snout that is shorter than average
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Examples
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It turns out that short-snouted dogs are most likely to die on planes: bulldogs, pugs, and similar breeds made up about half of deaths in past five years.
Dr. Michael J. Breus: Does Your Dog Steal Your Sleep? Dr. Michael J. Breus 2010
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It turns out that short-snouted dogs are most likely to die on planes: bulldogs, pugs, and similar breeds made up about half of deaths in past five years.
Dr. Michael J. Breus: Does Your Dog Steal Your Sleep? Dr. Michael J. Breus 2010
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It turns out that short-snouted dogs are most likely to die on planes: bulldogs, pugs, and similar breeds made up about half of deaths in past five years.
Dr. Michael J. Breus: Does Your Dog Steal Your Sleep? Dr. Michael J. Breus 2010
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The short-snouted 25-foot long Kryptops palaios, or "old hidden face," also discovered in 2000, was likely a scavenger because of its short forearms and an armored snout better suited for digging into carcasses than for snapping at live prey.
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They might, as there are assorted fossil papionins, some of which (like Pliopapio) are long-snouted, others of which (like Parapapio) are relatively short-snouted (Frost 2001, Leakey et al. 2003).
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
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She lifted the short-snouted, wide-barreled, and steely object off the bed-edge gingerly, tremblingly.
Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Fannie Hurst 1928
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After her darling short-snouted babies were about a month old, she took them out to the woods and gradually roamed farther and farther from the shanty in search of acorns and roots.
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth John Muir 1876
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The short-snouted sea horse, which grows up to 6in long, is more commonly found in the waters of the Mediterranean and Canary Islands.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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The short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus), which grows up to 15cm (6 inches) is more commonly found in the Mediterranean and off the Canary Islands.
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The short-snouted sea horse, which grows up to 6in long, is more commonly found in the waters of the Mediterranean and Canary Islands.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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