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long-nosed, a.
Having a long nose: used spec. in the names of some animals.
1552Huloet, Longe nosed, acronasus. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Narigudo, long nosed, Nasutus. 1680Wood Life 14 June, The servitor is tall, long-nosed, flowing hair and slow speech. 1712Arbuthnot John Bull iii. vi, A little long-nosed thin man. 1802Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) I. 508 The Long-nosed Tapir. 187.Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 88 The Long-nosed Monkey. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXIX. 327/1 Copious draughts of saki, which steamed in a long-nosed pot overlaid with dragons. |