Definition of beak

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

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Rhyncholite :: Rhyncholite (n.) A fossil cephalopod beak.
Beakiron :: Beakiron (n.) A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surface of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil..
Neb :: Neb (n.) The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen..
Halfbeak :: Halfbeak (n.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo..
Cope :: Cope (v. t.) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).
Rook :: Rook (n.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species..
Rostrated :: Rostrated (a.) Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.
Armed :: Armed (a.) Having horns, beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds of prey..
Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or series of notes, from the mouth or beak, as birds..
Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators..
Pressiroster :: Pressiroster (n.) One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers..
Nail :: Nail (n.) The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds..
Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The beak or head of a ship.
Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds..
Tube-nosed :: Tube-nosed (a.) Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak; -- said of certain sea birds.
Recurvirostral :: Recurvirostral (a.) Having the beak bent upwards.
Beakhead :: Beakhead (n.) An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak..
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..
Tetrodon :: Tetrodon (n.) Any one of numerous species of plectognath fishes belonging to Tetrodon and allied genera. Each jaw is furnished with two large, thick, beaklike, bony teeth..
Toco :: Toco (n.) A toucan (Ramphastos toco) having a very large beak. See Illust. under Toucan.
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