Shovelnose \Shov"el*nose`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   (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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)