Beak

Definition:

  • (n.) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds.
  • (n.) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.
  • (n.) The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
  • (n.) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
  • (n.) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
  • (n.) Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
  • (n.) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
  • (n.) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
  • (n.) A toe clip. See Clip, n. (Far.).
  • (n.) A magistrate or policeman.

Compare beak with other words:

beak vs. bleak

beak vs. bean

beak vs. beam

beak vs. teak

beak vs. beal

beak vs. leak

beak vs. seak

beak vs. belk

beak vs. reak

beak vs. peak

bead vs. beak

beak vs. beau

beak vs. weak

beak vs. break

beak vs. bear

beak vs. beat

beak vs. fragment

beak vs. snout

beak vs. deltidium

beak vs. rostelliform

beak vs. gnathotheca

beak vs. rhamphotheca

beak vs. rostrate

beak vs. curvirostral

beak vs. rhinotheca

beak vs. lunule

beak vs. brevirostral

beak vs. coronoid

beak vs. proboscis

beak vs. beaked

allerion vs. beak

beak vs. nib

beak vs. roller

beak vs. nare

beak vs. cope

beak vs. gill

beak vs. heads

beak vs. toucan

beak vs. neb

beak vs. sifter

beak vs. puffin

beak vs. preen

beak vs. schnozzle

beak vs. fillet

arris vs. beak

beak vs. forecastle

beak vs. beakhead

beak vs. promontory

beak vs. nose

beak vs. pointed

beak vs. headmaster

beak vs. magistrate

beak vs. galley

beak vs. ram

beak vs. bow

beak vs. war

beak vs. point

beak vs. metal

beak vs. univalve

beak vs. canal

beak vs. prolongation

beak vs. bivalve

beak vs. hemiptera

beak vs. invertebrate

beak vs. insect

beak vs. turtle

beak vs. octopus

beak vs. food

beak vs. eat

beak vs. peck

beak vs. groom

beak vs. bird

beak vs. face

beak vs. projecting

beak vs. structure

beak vs. rigid

beak vs. nostril

beak vs. woodpecker

beak vs. stork