# tubenose

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of the Procellariiformes, an order of seabirds including albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters.
2. A small, thin fish of Japanese and Korean coastal waters, Aulichthys japonicus

## Etymology
From tube + nose.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tubenose