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

Epithema :: Epithema (n.) A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.

Kamichi :: Kamichi (n.) A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and S

Beard :: Beard (n.) The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some bird.

Beak :: Beak (n.) A toe clip. See Clip, n. (Far.)..

Cockatoo :: Cockatoo (n.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, / Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus..

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

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

Crookbill :: Crookbill (n.) A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right..

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

Beak :: Beak (n.) Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land..

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

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..

Recurviroster :: Recurviroster (n.) A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet..

Beak :: Beak (n.) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead..

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

Turbit :: Turbit (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak..

Spot :: Spot (n.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak..

Hornbeak :: Hornbeak (n.) A fish. See Hornfish.

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..

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