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Hornbill :: Hornbill (n.) Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals..

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

Brevirostrate :: Brevirostrate (a.) Short-billed; having a short beak.

Pinefinch :: Pinefinch (n.) The pine grosbeak.

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

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form..

Preen :: Preen (n.) To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds..

Beak :: Beak (n.) A magistrate or policeman.

Nail :: Nail (n.) The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds..

Horn :: Horn (n.) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle..

Sue :: Sue (v. t.) To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk..

Longbeak :: Longbeak (n.) The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); -- called also long-billed dowitcher.

Ram :: Ram (n.) A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak..

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

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

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..

Retort :: Retort (v. t.) A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works..

Lunule :: Lunule (n.) A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells. It sometimes has the shape of a double crescent, but is oftener heart-shaped. See Illust. of Bivalve..

Crow :: Crow (v. i.) A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar..

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

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