snub-nosed

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snub-nosed (sn

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adj.

1. Having a short, turned-up nose.

2. Having an extremely short barrel: a snub-nosed pistol.

snub-nosed

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) having a short turned-up nose

2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (of a pistol) having an extremely short barrel

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Adj.

snub-nosed - having a blunt nose; "a pug-nosed boy with freckles"; "a snub-nosed automatic"

pug-nose, pug-nosed, short-nosed

nosed - having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind

Translations

snub-nosed [ˈsnʌbˈnəʊzd] ADJ → chato, ñato(LAm)

snub-nosed [ˌsnʌbˈnəʊzd] adj → con il naso a patata or patatina

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