'Hexanchus corinus' definitions:

Definition of 'Hexanchus corinus'

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  • Shovelnose \Shov"el*nose`\, 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. [1913 Webster]