[syn: beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Neb \Neb\ (n[e^]b), n. [AS. nebb head, face; akin to D. neb,
Icel. nef, beak of a bird, nose, Dan. naeb beak, bill, Sw.
n[aum]bb, n[aum]f, and prob. also to D. sneb, snavel, bill,
beak, G. schnabel, Dan. & Sw. snabel, and E. snap. Cf. Nib,
Snap, Snaffle.]
The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as
of a pen. [Also written nib.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
neb
n 1: a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's
head; especially the nose [syn: snout, neb]
2: horny projecting mouth of a bird [syn: beak, bill, neb,
nib, pecker]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "neb":
aculeus, acumination, antlia, auger, beak, beezer, bill, bit,
borer, bugle, conk, cusp, drill, mucro, muffle, muzzle, nares,
needle, nib, nose, nostrils, nozzle, olfactory organ, pecker,
point, prick, prickle, proboscis, rhinarium, rostrum, schnozzle,
smeller, snoot, snout, sting, tip, trunk