Definition of "hog-nosed" [hog-nosed]

• Having a snout like a hog′ s: specifically applied to American serpents of the genus Heterodon.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Well, between dancing on Tuesday and climbing Wednesday, this morning I have bruises on my bruises and a lower back that feels like somebody ran a line of hog-nosed staples from my pelvis to the bottom of my ribcage."
• "Other species of interest are the guanaco Lama guanicoe, Argentine grey fox Duscicyon griseus and Austral hog-nosed skunk Conepatus humboldti."
• "Congress is like a hog-nosed snake here: it can hiss, rattle its tail in the dry leaves, blow its upper body out into a hood, feign striking, and so forth and so on, but unless the bluff is taken Congress has no power whatsoever."