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noun. The bill of a bird, especially one that is strong and curved, such as that of a hawk or a finch.

noun. A similar structure in other animals, such as turtles, insects, or fish.

noun. A usually firm, tapering tip on certain plant structures, such as some seeds and fruits.

noun. A beaklike structure or part, as.

noun. The spout of a pitcher.

noun. A metal or metal-clad ram projecting from the bow of an ancient warship.

noun. The human nose.

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noun. A schoolmaster.

noun. A judge.

noun. In the shells of the Brachiopoda (Molluscoidea) and Pelecypoda (Mollusca), the projecting, usually arched, part of the valves; the initial part of the shell about which accretions by growth have been added unequally.

noun. Specifically, the mouthpiece of instruments like the clarinet and some varieties of flageolets or direct flutes.

noun. A magistrate; a judge; a policeman.

noun. In zoology, the rostrum, snout, muzzle, jaws, mandibles, or some similar part of an animal.

noun. Anything ending in a point like a beak.

noun. A gas-burner having a round smooth hole of an inch in diameter; a bird's-mouth.

noun. A beak-iron (which see).

To ram (a ship) with the beak or prow so as to penetrate the hull in an endeavor to sink it.

In cock-fighting, to seize or strike with the beak.

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noun. The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varies much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds.

noun. A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.

noun. The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.

noun. The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.

noun. The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.

noun. Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.

noun. 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.

noun. That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.

noun. A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.

noun. Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.

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

noun. A magistrate or policeman.

noun. A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming and for eating food.

noun. A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus.

noun. The metal point fixed on the bows of a war galley, used as a ram.

noun. A justice of the peace, magistrate, headmaster or other person of authority.

noun. The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed.

verb. strike with the beak.

verb. seize with the beak.

noun. informal terms for the nose

noun. horny projecting mouth of a bird

noun. a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures

noun. beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)

verb. hit lightly with a picking motion

"Size, shape, and strength of chick beak is impacted when the gene is manipulated."

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