Definition of peck

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Peck (v.) To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up..

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Grysbok :: Grysbok (n.) A small South African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It is speckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn..
Speckled :: Speckled (a.) Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface.
Opopanax :: Opopanax (n.) The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a reddish yellow color, with specks of white. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic..
Flyspeck :: Flyspeck (n.) A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot..
Bespeckling :: Bespeckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespeckl.
Peckled :: Peckled (a.) Speckled; spotted.
Picus :: Picus (n.) A genus of woodpeckers, including some of the common American and European species..
Crankbird :: Crankbird (n.) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).
Caligo :: Caligo (n.) Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself..
Peck :: Peck (v. i.) To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument..
Vervet :: Vervet (n.) A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, / Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white..
Speight :: Speight (n.) A woodpecker; -- called also specht, spekt, spight..
Popinjay :: Popinjay (n.) The green woodpecker.
Pecked :: Pecked (imp. & p. p.) of Pec.
Speckled-bill :: Speckled-bill (n.) The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).
Aphtha :: Aphtha (n.) One of the whitish specks called aphthae.
Figeater :: Figeater (n.) A bird. See Figpecker.
Peck :: Peck (v.) Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements..
Piculet :: Piculet (n.) Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers..
Modius :: Modius (n.) A dry measure, containing about a peck..
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