Shovelnose n. (Zool.) (a)The common sand shark. See under Snad.
(b)A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil.
(c)A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus).
(d)A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; called also white sturgeon.
