shovelnose noun6 •The common sand shark. •A small California shark (Notorynchus cepedianus). •A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus griseus). •A fish of the sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; the white sturgeon. •A type of streamlined railway locomotive. •A type of Native American canoe. formsshovelnoses