Word Finder - muzzle

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The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws; the snout

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The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from as opposed to the breech.

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A device used to prevent animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.

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A piece of the forward end of the plow-beam by which the traces are attached; bridle

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An openwork covering for the nose, used for the defense of the horse, and forming part of the bards in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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To bind or confine an animal's mouth by putting a muzzle, as to prevent it from eating or biting.

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To restrain (from speaking, expressing opinion or acting); gag, silence, censor.

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To veil, mask, muffle.

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To fondle with the closed mouth; to nuzzle.

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To bring the muzzle or mouth near.

The wolf licked her muzzle then approached Sarah and sat in front of her staring.

The species of the genus Lemur are diurnal, and may be recognized by the length of the muzzle, and the large tufted ears.

The horse's eyes opened, and it lifted its muzzle over the top of the railing.

The head is elongated, with a slender muzzle and the mouth-opening small.

Bordeaux cupped a hand over its muzzle, silencing the horse.

She took Brutus back to the house and washed his muzzle off.

Lights from lasers and muzzle fire spotted the forest below them before they reached an urban area, mostly dark with several patches of electricity.

Muzzle much elongated and narrow.

Carmen touched the velvety muzzle.

The gentle lemurs (Hapalemur) have a rounder head, with smaller ears and a shorter muzzle, and also a bare patch covered with spines on the fore-arm.

He nibbled at her shirt and she ran her fingers across his velvety muzzle.

Taking a deep breath, she hesitantly inserted her hand into the birth canal and carefully slid it along the tiny leg until she felt the muzzle.

She followed the plan, had the picture in-hand and was locking the door to the house when Brutus wandered up with a bloody muzzle.

I went by the house to pick up a picture and Brutus came to the house with blood on his muzzle.

Carmen caressed the velvety muzzle and glanced up at Alex in exasperation.

The head is long and narrow, with a prominent ridge for the support of the antlers, moderate-sized ears, and a narrow and pointed muzzle.

The Great Dane is somewhat similar in general character, but is still more gracefully built, with slender limbs and more pointed muzzle.

Another genus has been described from the Pleistocene of Nebraska, as Paramylodon; it has only four pairs of teeth, and an elongate skull with an inflated muzzle.

The subfamily is characterized by the narrow crowns of the molars, which are similar to those of sheep, and' the hairy muzzle.

In the duikers themselves the single pair of horns is set in the midst of a tuft of long hairs, and the face-gland opens in a long naked line on the side of the face above the muzzle.

The circuit was continued to the gun which served as a source, and stretched across its muzzle.

It has a short, rounded head, obtuse muzzle, small bead-like eyes, and short rounded ears, nearly concealed by the fur.

Brutus came to me with blood on his muzzle.

The larger variety of the race has a sharp muzzle, upright pointed ears, and a bushy tail generally carried over the back.

The Scotch collie is lighter and more elegant, and has a sharper muzzle.

Foxes are likewise distinguished by their slighter build, longer and bushy tail, which always exceeds half the length of the head and body, sharper muzzle, and relatively longer body and shorter limbs.

The lower parts, inner surface of the limbs, throat, chin and upper lip are dirty white; the outside of the ears, particularly at their base, and a patch on each side of the muzzle black; the end of the tail dusky.

The majority of these are large and heavilybuilt ruminants, with horns present in both sexes, the muzzle broad, moist and naked, the nostrils lateral, no face-glands, and a large dewlap often developed in the males; while the tail is long and generally tufted, although in one instance longhaired throughout.

There are deer, called taruco (Cervus antisensis); the viscacha, a large rodent; a species of fox called atoc; and the puma (Felts concolor) and ucumari or black bear with a white muzzle, when driven by hunger, wander into the loftier regions.

The inside of the ears and the muzzle are black, and the feet are black to the fetlock joint.

The duikers, or duikerboks (Cephalophus), of Africa, which range in size from a large hare to a fallow-deer, typify the subfamily Cephalophinae, characterized by the spike-like horns of the bucks, the elongated aperture of the face-glands, the naked muzzle, the relatively short tail, and the square-crowned upper molars; lateral hoofs being present.

This muzzle velocity is about 5% greater than the 2150 f/s of the range table, so on these considerations we may suppose about 10% of work is lost by friction in the bore; this is expressed by saying that the factor of effect is f =0.9.

In some (constituting the genus Rhyncocyon) the muzzle is so much prolonged as to resemble a proboscis, whence the name elephant-shrews is sometimes applied to the members of the family.

When the otter "vents" or comes to the surface to breathe, his muzzle only appears above water, and when he is viewed or traced by the mud he stirs up, or by air bubbles, the hounds are laid on.

In all these antelopes long cylindrical horns are present in both sexes; the muzzle is hairy; there is no gland below the eye; the tail is long and tufted; and in the breadth of their tall crowns the upper molar-teeth resemble those of the oxen.

The wombat of Tasmania and the islands of Bass's Straits (P. ursinus), and the closely similar but larger P. platyrhinus of the southern portion of the mainland of Australia, belong to this group. On the other hand, in the hairy-nosed wombat (P. latifrons) of Southern Australia, the fur is smooth and silky; the ears are large and more pointed; the muzzle is hairy; the frontal region of the skull is broader than in the other section, with well-marked postorbital processes; and there are thirteen ribs.

The head, especially in the larger species, is small, compared with the rest of the body, and tapers forward to the muzzle.

The typical genus Macropus, in which the muzzle is generally naked, the ears large, the fur on the nape of the neck usually directed backwards, the claw of the fourth hind-toe very large, and the tail stout and tapering, includes a large number of species.

The muzzle is naked, the fur on the nape of the neck directed more or less completely forward, and the hind-limbs are less disproportionately elongated.

The typical representative of the genus is the yellow baboon (P. cynocephalus, or babuin), distinguished by its small size and grooved muzzle, and ranging from Abyssinia to the Zambezi.

The prevalent colour is yellowdun, with dark brown or black mane, tail and legs; in the wild forms the muzzle is often white and the root of the tail shorthaired; while the head is relatively large and heavy.

The nostrils are placed laterally, near the termination of the muzzle, and are large and dilatable, being bordered by cartilages upon which several muscles act.

The head should be light and lean, and well set on; the ears small and pricked, but not too short; the eyes full; the forehead broad and flat; the nostrils large and dilating; the muzzle fine; the neck moderate in length, wide, muscular, and yet light; the throat clean; the windpipe spacious and loosely attached to the neck; the crest thin, not coarse and arched.

Head rather small, broad and flat; muzzle very broad; whiskers thick and strong; eyes small and black; ears short and rounded.

She sat, lifted her muzzle to the sky, and let out a mournful, grief stricken howl that stabbed both Sarah and Connor through to their core.

There were in addition twelve muzzle loading carbines per troop.

Show Characteristics The head should be long and finely chiseled, with the skull being roughly equal to the length of the tapering muzzle.

The tongue depressor is attached to the foal by elastoplast, taped round the foal's muzzle, just behind the nostrils.

In the main they like to carry guns muzzle up.

The largest muzzle loading guns produced for the navy.