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Rostelliform :: Rostelliform (a.) Having the form of a rostellum, or small beak..

Birostrated :: Birostrated (a.) Having a double beak, or two processes resembling beaks..

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

Gonydial :: Gonydial (a.) Pertaining to the gonys of a bird's beak.

Terebratula :: Terebratula (n.) A genus of brachiopods which includes many living and some fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment. Called also lamp shell..

Peck :: Peck (v. i.) To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument..

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..

Motmot :: Motmot (n.) Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species the two long middle tail feathers are racket-shaped at the tip, when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trim them into this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are found from Mexico to Brazil. The name is derived from its note..

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

Peck :: Peck (n.) A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument..

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

Halfbeak :: Halfbeak (n.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo..

Rectirostral :: Rectirostral (a.) Having a straight beak.

Horn :: Horn (n.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout..

Rostellate :: Rostellate (a.) Having a rostellum, or small beak; terminating in a beak..

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or series of notes, from the mouth or beak, as birds..

Cultrated :: Cultrated (a.) Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as the beak of certain birds..

Ivory-bill :: Ivory-bill (n.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States..

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

Crossbeak :: Crossbeak (n.) Same as Crossbill.

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