The machine tried in vain to find the trunk of the short-nosed man. From Wordnik.com. [Friend to Mankind]
It was a dangerous looking revolver, of the short-nosed, bulldog pattern. From Wordnik.com. [The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain] Reference
She was very plainly dressed and as formal as only a child can be, but the blue eyes in her short-nosed solemn face were secretly merry under their heavy lids. From Wordnik.com. [The Tiger in the Smoke]
The steppe mammoth and the European jaguar roamed southern Europe, while the Americas were covered in direwolves and giant sloths and 10-foot tall short-nosed bears. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
When a company called Ausra filed plans for a big solar power plant in California, it was deluged with demands from a union group that it study the effect on creatures like the short-nosed kangaroo rat and the ferruginous hawk. From Wordnik.com. [POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: June 19, 2009] Reference
Species listed as threatened (VU or above) include three near-endemic species: Luzon pygmy fruit bat (Otopteropus cartilagonodus), Luzon short-nosed rat (Tryphomys adustus), and long-nosed Luzon forest mouse (Apomys sacobianus). From Wordnik.com. [Luzon montane rain forests] Reference
For there stood this sixteen-year-old girl of the Gallic Arverni, a vastly tall and skinny creature with a horrid round pink short-nosed face, faded blue eyes, cruelly cropped hair (it had been sold to make a wig when her previous master needed money), and the most enormous hands and feet I have ever seen on anyone, male or female. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
The hard breasts of nurses make children short-nosed. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1] Reference
"I do not know," replied the beaver, who was rather short-nosed and surly. From Wordnik.com. [The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends] Reference
We can now add to the happy family of participants the short-nosed fruit bat. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Obese and short-nosed breeds like pugs and bulldogs are even more sensitive to heat. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
The study found that more than two-thirds of female short-nosed fruit bats (Cynopterus sphinx). From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Pet Corner - Ailments of the nose Continued from last week Difficult breathing in short-nosed dogs Certain breeds. From Wordnik.com. [Stabroek News] Reference
Well, this sounds fine; but what about the bloke who's anorexic, short-nosed, cannot climb to reach the wheel, and never makes the team?. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
He's only a few hundred grams, but the short-nosed, red-bellied piranha is the nastiest little brute in the family, of which there are 35 known species. From Wordnik.com. [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
She was short-nosed, pulpy-mouthed and faunish-eyed, and only the rather remarkable smallness of the head on the splendid thick throat saved her from ordinariness. From Wordnik.com. [Widdershins] Reference
Next came a young man, blue-eyed also, with hair the colour of flax on the distaff, broad-faced and short-nosed, low of stature, but very strong-built, who cried out in a loud, cheerful voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale] Reference
Porpoises, and both the long and the short-nosed alligator, ascend the Soormah for 120 miles, being found beyond Silchar, which place we reached on the 22nd, and were most hospitably received by Colonel. From Wordnik.com. [Himalayan Journals — Complete] Reference
Owners of short-nosed dogs that include Boston and bull terriers, English and French bulldogs, Shih Tzus and pugs, need to check out the airlines 'regulations because of hereditary respiratory problems. From Wordnik.com. [Brooklyn Heights Blog] Reference
In it she relates a number of conservation success stories from different corners of the globe, from the Black Robin of the Chatham Islands near New Zealand to the short-nosed sturgeon of New York's Hudson River. From Wordnik.com. [Rainforest Portal RSS Newsfeed] Reference
Burt removed a short-nosed .45 from Taylor’s shoulder holster and brushed him down for any other weapons. From Wordnik.com. [Deuces Wild] Reference
The maxillary arch in the short-nosed pocket-mouse, I understand, has also reached in this neighborhood an eccentric development. ". From Wordnik.com. [Dear Carl] Reference
Even though most of the people weren’t related to one another, they all pronounced the name PUG-lease, which was distinctly unattractive to the ears and sounded like rental contracts for small, short-nosed dogs. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Auto Assignment Desk] Reference
(short-nosed) breeds. From Wordnik.com. [Kottu] Reference
Gray, short-nosed, very sharp teeth. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2005] Reference
"Please, no more short-nosed Sherlocks. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference
When we meet in society, a short, fat, rosy, short-nosed individual, with round limbs, short feet, etc., all pronounce her charming. From Wordnik.com. [The Physiology of Taste] Reference
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