Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shovelnose \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}.