Definition of beak

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Beak (n.) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds..

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Rostrated :: Rostrated (a.) Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys..
Clip :: Clip (n.) A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak..
Rostellum :: Rostellum (n.) A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a tapeworm..
Sue :: Sue (v. t.) To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk..
Horn :: Horn (n.) The pointed beak of an anvil.
Peck :: Peck (v. i.) To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument..
Coracoid :: Coracoid (a.) Shaped like a crow's beak.
Disarmed :: Disarmed (a.) Deprived of claws, and teeth or beaks..
Diodon :: Diodon (n.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. Called also porcupine fishes, and sea hedgehogs..
Beaker :: Beaker (n.) An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat..
Beaked :: Beaked (a.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate.
Gill :: Gill (n.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
Swordfish :: Swordfish (n.) A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long..
Beak :: Beak (n.) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve..
Openbill :: Openbill (n.) A bird of the genus Anastomus, allied to the stork; -- so called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also open-beak. See Illust. (m), under Beak..
Rostral :: Rostral (a.) Of or pertaining to the beak or snout of an animal, or the beak of a ship; resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or their decorations..
Doegling :: Doegling (n.) The beaked whale (Balaenoptera rostrata), from which doegling oil is obtained..
Bird''s-beak :: Bird's-beak (n.) A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.
Beak :: Beak (n.) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee..
Curvirostral :: Curvirostral (a.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill..
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