Shovelnose
Shovelnose , noun
(a)
(Zoology) The common sand shark. See under Snad.
(b)
(Zoology) A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil.
(c)
(Zoology) A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus).
(d)
(Zoology) A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also white sturgeon.