beak : Idioms & Phrases

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beaked hazelnut

  • noun hazel of western United States with conspicuous beaklike involucres on the nuts
    Corylus cornuta.
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beaked parsley

  • noun aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads
    chervil; Anthriscus cereifolium.
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beaked salmon

  • noun fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand
    Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus; sandfish.
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beaked whale

  • noun any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw
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bird's-beak

Bird's"-beak` noun
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.
Webster 1913

parrot's beak

  • noun evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers; New Zealand
    parrot's bill; Clianthus puniceus.
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short-beaked

  • adjective satellite having a short beak
    short-billed.
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