beak
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Noun (4)beaks
- beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)Type of mouth
- horny projecting mouth of a birdSynonyms: billnebnibpeckerType of mouthKinds cerePart of bird
- a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structuresType of tip
- informal terms for the noseSynonyms: honkerhooternozzlesnootsnoutschnozzleschnozType of nose, olfactory organ
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Translations
Noun structure projecting from a bird's face
- Spanish
- pico
- French
- bec
- German
- Schnabel
- Italian
- becco
- Portuguese
- bico
- Turkish
- gaga
- Russian
- клюв kljuv
- Arabic
- مِنْقَار minqār
- Chinese
- 喙 huì
- Japanese
- 嘴 kuchibashi
28 more languages
- Dutch
- snavel
- Polish
- dziób
- Swedish
- näbb
- Greek
- ράμφος rámfos
- Korean
- 부리 buri
- Indonesian
- paruh
- Vietnamese
- mỏ
- Hungarian
- csőr
- Portuguese (PT)
- bico
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 喙 huì
- Albanian
- sqep
- Catalan
- bec
- Czech
- zobák
- Danish
- næb
- Esperanto
- beko
- Estonian
- nokk
- Finnish
- nokka
- Georgian
- ნისკარტი nisḳarṭi
- Hebrew
- מַקּוֹר makór
- Icelandic
- goggur
- Latvian
- knābis
- Lithuanian
- snapas
- Norwegian
- nebb
- Romanian
- cioc
- Slovenian
- kljun
- Swahili
- mdomo
- Welsh
- pig
- Yiddish
- שנאָבל shnobl
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. bek, F. bec, fr. Celtic; cf. Gael. & Ir. bac, bacc, hook, W. bach.
1. Zoology (a) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varies much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds. (b) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles. (c) The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera. (d) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve. (e) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
2. Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land. Carew, Richard
3. Antiquity 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.
4. Nautical That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
5. Architecture A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
6. Botany Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
7. Farriery A toe clip. See Clip, noun Farriery.
8. A magistrate or policeman. Slang, Eng.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54