| snub | 1. A knot; a protuberance; a song. "[A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain." (Spenser) 2. A check or rebuke; an intended slight. (J. Foster) Snub nose, a short or flat nose. Snub post, or Snubbing post, a post on a dock or shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion of a vessel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| snub-nose dwarfism | Dwarfism characterised by low birth weight, snub nose, and stocky build; autosomal dominant inheritance. There is a similar autosomal recessive phenotype. Synonym: dominantly inherited Levi's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| snub-nosed | Having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the snub-nosed eel. <zoology> Snub-nosed cachalot, the pygmy sperm whale. (11 Mar 1998) |