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Rhyncholite :: Rhyncholite (n.) A fossil cephalopod beak.

Beakhead :: Beakhead (n.) Same as Beak, 3..

Nib :: Nib (n.) The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.

Cere :: Cere (n.) The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak..

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators..

Beaked :: Beaked (a.) Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.

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..

Rostrated :: Rostrated (a.) Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys..

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.

Beak :: Beak (n.) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.

Beakhead :: Beakhead (n.) A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew..

Grenadier :: Grenadier (n.) A bright-colored South African grosbeak (Pyromelana orix), having the back red and the lower parts black..

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..

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

Beaker :: Beaker (n.) A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard..

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

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

Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.

Beak :: 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..

Apposed :: Apposed (a.) Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak..

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