Definition of beard

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Beard (n.) The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle..

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Beard :: Beard (n.) The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes..
Beardless :: Beardless (a.) Destitute of an awn; as, beardless wheat..
Awny :: Awny (a.) Having awns; bearded.
Bluebeard :: Bluebeard (n.) The hero of a mediaeval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to investigate..
Smooth-chinned :: Smooth-chinned (a.) Having a smooth chin; beardless.
Gossat :: Gossat (n.) A small British marine fish (Motella tricirrata); -- called also whistler and three-bearded rockling.
Beard :: Beard (n.) That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle..
Beard :: Beard (n.) A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out..
Beardie :: Beardie (n.) The bearded loach (Nemachilus barbatus) of Europe.
Beard :: Beard (n.) The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster..
Entellus :: Entellus (n.) An East Indian long-tailed bearded monkey (Semnopithecus entellus) regarded as sacred by the natives. It is remarkable for the caplike arrangement of the hair on the head. Called also hoonoomaun and hungoor.
Seabeard :: Seabeard (n.) A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts.
Griffon :: Griffon (n.) A species of large vulture (Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor; -- called also gripe, and grype. It is supposed to be the eagle of the Bible. The bearded griffin is the lammergeir..
Judas-colored :: Judas-colored (a.) Red; -- from a tradition that Judas Iscariot had red hair and beard.
Matamata :: Matamata (n.) The bearded tortoise (Chelys fimbriata) of South American rivers.
Sleep-at-noon :: Sleep-at-noon (n.) A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard.
Beard :: Beard (n.) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
Beard :: Beard (v. t.) To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.
Beard :: Beard (n.) The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults..
Whistlefish :: Whistlefish (n.) A gossat, or rockling; -- called also whistler, three-bearded rockling, sea loach, and sorghe..
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