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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..

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

Potamian :: Potamian (n.) A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak. See Trionyx..

Flute A Bec :: Flute a bec () A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet..

Shoebill :: Shoebill (n.) A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of Beak..

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

Crane''s-bill :: Crane's-bill (n.) A pair of long-beaked forceps.

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

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

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds..

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

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

Cope :: Cope (v. t.) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).

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

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

Beak :: Beak (n.) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee..

Beakhead :: Beakhead (n.) An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak..

Saury :: Saury (n.) A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring..

Lunated :: Lunated (a.) Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross..

Curvirostral :: Curvirostral (a.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill..

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