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Meanings of beak in English

Russian
клюв
Portuguese
bico
Catalan
bec
Spanish
pico
Wikidata

External anatomical structure found in birds, non-avian dinosaurs and some mammals.

      Related terms
      клюв
      Portuguese
      bocal
      Catalan
      nàpia

      Informal terms for the nose.

          bocal
          Catalan
          espicassar

          To hit lightly with a picking motion.

                espicassar

                To not go to class without permission.

                    Usage of beak in English
                    1
                    The tits experienced no difficulty in ripping this off with the beak.
                    Birds of the Indian Hills
                    2
                    You will find the beak lying by the side of the body.
                    A Shepherd's Life: Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs
                    3
                    And then my little bird-like beak would rise proudly in the air.
                    The Woman Thou Gavest Me; Being the Story of Mary O'Neill
                    4
                    And the bird was of green and yellow with a red beak.
                    Beyond
                    5
                    I take it to be a water rail, judging from the beak.
                    The Irish Times
                    6
                    The beak pushes it, the breast presses it, both inside and out.
                    The Life of the Spider
                    7
                    Organic farms certified by the Soil Association have already banned beak trimming.
                    The Guardian
                    8
                    The beak of the parrot, which it wipes, although it is clean.
                    Pascal's Pensées
                    9
                    The Eagle could not reach the Serpent, neither with beak nor claws.
                    The Aesop for Children / With pictures by Milo Winter
                    10
                    The feet are not feathered, and the legs and beak are shorter.
                    The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
                    11
                    One bird flew past me with a large paw in his beak.
                    Spirit of the Wolves
                    12
                    It held my dagger in its beak, and it spoke to me.
                    The Lair of Bones
                    13
                    Literally just the very point of the beak was into the rock!
                    Rock and Ice Magazine
                    14
                    And here he comes up again, with a fish in his beak.
                    Madam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Chil...
                    15
                    He couldn't even speak to me because they had tied his beak.
                    Winter door
                    16
                    Then I drove my beak into the soft bank with quick plunges.
                    Stories of Birds
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                    Translations for beak
                    Russian
                    клюв
                    Spanish
                    pico
                    Beak through the time
                    Beak across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    Ireland
                    Common