Shov"el*nose` (?), n.
(Zoöl.) (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.