beak
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5.5
- noun
- /biːk/
:
pico
- The turtle's beak was designed perfectly to crack open hard shells.
- octopus beak
- squid beak
- turtle beak
The smallest squids eat things like tiny shrimp, while larger ones can feast on fish using their powerful beaks.
- The smallest squids eat things like tiny shrimp, while larger ones can feast on fish using their powerful beaks.
Examples
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Suddenly, this program was about vultures digging in the sand and poking their beaks into the eggs.
Fiction book (2001) -
The goose was the last, and she was dragging her nest with her beak.
Fiction book (2001) -
His shell was ruby red, his beak black and hooked as he challenged them.
Fiction book (1991) -
The beaks were presumed to have been regurgitated by the fish.
Academic text (1990) -
From the family Ziphlidae, these whales are so named because they have mouths like beaks, as dolphins do.
Academic text (2002) -
People found sizable specimens washed ashore, caught in Nets and at the sea's surface, and observed sperm whales with sucker shaped scars and large beaks in their stomachs.
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With a sharp beak, the creature could easily grasp its food from the ocean floor.
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I noticed the unusual beak of the mollusk, which helps it latch onto rocks.
Synonyms
1
9.9
A pointed part like a bird's beak used to pour from a teapot
Compounds
- New Zealand
An evergreen shrub from New Zealand with claw-shaped red to white flowers
How Pointed
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5.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Beak The same Old French root bec meant 'point', and people used beak for any animal mouth that looks like a bird's, so a squid's or turtle's strong, pointed mouth is also called a beak.