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tubenose

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tube·nose  (tbnz, tyb-)
n.
A small marine fish (Aulorhynchus flavidum) similar to the stickleback, ranging from southern California to Alaska.
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They belong to a group of birds known as tubenoses, which includes petrels and shearwaters.
bird notes; days out by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Studies of some tubenose colonies in the 1970s revealed that birds fly upwind as they approach their home colonies.
Myth of the bad-nose birds: study of avian sense of smell recovers ... by Milius, Susan / Science News
Specimens were collected from 4 of 17 tributaries we sampled for non-indigenous round Neogobius melanostomus and tubenose Proterorhinus marmoratus gobies along the U.
First records of a fish species, the ghost shiner notropis buchanani, ... by Jude, David J.; Hensler, Stephen R. / Michigan Academician
 
 
 
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