Snout \Snout\ (snout), n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low
German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw.
snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. sn?ta to blow the nose;
probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. Snite, Snot,
Snuff.]
1. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt. --Hudibras.
3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
4. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod;
-- called also rostrum.
(b) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and
allied beetles.
Snout beetle (Zo["o]l.), any one of many species of beetles
having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe
Rhynchophora; a weevil.
Snout moth (Zo["o]l.), any pyralid moth. See Pyralid.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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