\Shov"el*nose`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(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}.