Tube-nosed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tube-nosed \Tube"-nosed`\, a. (Zool.)
     (a) Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes
         along the sides of the beak; -- said of certain sea
         birds.
     (b) Belonging to the Tubinares.
         [1913 Webster]