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Horn :: Horn (n.) The pointed beak of an anvil.

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..

Rostriform :: Rostriform (a.) Having the form of a beak.

Peck :: Peck (v.) To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree..

Hawfinch :: Hawfinch (n.) The common European grosbeak (Coccothraustes vulgaris); -- called also cherry finch, and coble..

Crow :: Crow (v. i.) A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar..

Preen :: Preen (n.) To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds..

Horn :: Horn (n.) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle..

Beak :: Beak (n.) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.

Beak :: Beak (n.) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles..

Coronoid :: Coronoid (a.) Resembling the beak of a crow; as, the coronoid process of the jaw, or of the ulna..

Tube-nosed :: Tube-nosed (a.) Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak; -- said of certain sea birds.

Peck :: Peck (v.) To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree..

Beakhead :: Beakhead (n.) An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak..

Deltidium :: Deltidium (n.) The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells.

Gill :: Gill (n.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.

Barbet :: Barbet (n.) A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa..

Hornbill :: Hornbill (n.) Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals..

Martlet :: Martlet (n.) A bird without beak or feet; -- generally assumed to represent a martin. As a mark of cadency it denotes the fourth son.

Beak :: Beak (n.) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve..

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