单词 | snout moth |
释义 | snout moth in British English (snaʊt mɒθ) noun another name for snout (sense 5) snout in British English (snaʊt) noun 1. the part of the head of a vertebrate, esp a mammal, consisting of the nose, jaws, and surrounding region, esp when elongated 2. the corresponding part of the head of such insects as weevils 3. anything projecting like a snout, such as a nozzle or the lower end of a glacier 4. slang a person's nose 5. Also called: snout moth a brownish noctuid moth, Hypena proboscidalis, that frequents nettles: named from the palps that project prominently from the head at rest 6. British slang a cigarette or tobacco 7. slang an informer Derived forms snouted (ˈsnouted) adjective snoutless (ˈsnoutless) adjective snoutlike (ˈsnoutˌlike) adjective Word origin C13: of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse snyta, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snūte |
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