Definition of beak

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Beak (n.) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant..

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Rostrulum :: Rostrulum (n.) A little rostrum, or beak, as of an insect..
Grenadier :: Grenadier (n.) A bright-colored South African grosbeak (Pyromelana orix), having the back red and the lower parts black..
Peck :: Peck (v.) To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree..
Pinefinch :: Pinefinch (n.) The pine grosbeak.
Doegling :: Doegling (n.) The beaked whale (Balaenoptera rostrata), from which doegling oil is obtained..
Beak :: Beak (n.) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles..
Peck :: Peck (v. i.) To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument..
Beak :: Beak (n.) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
Toothbill :: Toothbill (n.) A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end. Its color is chocolate red. Called also toothbilled pigeon, and manu-mea..
Horn :: Horn (n.) The pointed beak of an anvil.
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..
Preen :: Preen (n.) To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds..
Recurvirostral :: Recurvirostral (a.) Having the beak bent upwards.
Gonydial :: Gonydial (a.) Pertaining to the gonys of a bird's beak.
Pick :: Pick (v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin..
Jacobin :: "Jacobin (n.) A fancy pigeon, in which the feathers of the neck form a hood, -- whence the name. The wings and tail are long, and the beak moderately short..
Coronoid :: Coronoid (a.) Resembling the beak of a crow; as, the coronoid process of the jaw, or of the ulna..
Nose :: Nose (n.) A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle..
Disarmed :: Disarmed (a.) Deprived of claws, and teeth or beaks..
Crane''s-bill :: Crane's-bill (n.) The geranium; -- so named from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane..
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