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Beak

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

beak / bēk/ • n. a bird's horny projecting jaws; a bill. ∎  the similar horny projecting jaw of other animals, e.g., a turtle or squid. ∎ inf. a person's nose, esp. a hooked one: she can't wait to stick her beak in. DERIVATIVES: beaked adj. [in comb.] a yellow-beaked alpine chough. ORIGIN: Middle English: from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, of Celtic origin.

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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

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1. A rigid cylindrical or conical projection on the tip of a fruit (as in Geranium).

2. A projection in Orchidaceae that separates the anther from the stigmatic surface below it in the flower.
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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

beak, the name sometimes given to the metal point or ram fixed on the bows of war galleys and used to pierce the hulls of enemy galleys, and thus sink or disable them.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

beak XIII. ME. bec, bek (beck continuing till XVIII; the form with the lengthened vowel arose from the obl. form beke) — (O)Fr. bec :- L. beccus.
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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

beak
1. The bill of a bird.

2. See SHELL BEAK.
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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

beak See SHELL BEAK.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

beak •antique, batik, beak, bespeak, bezique, bleak, boutique, cacique, caïque, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak, geek, Greek, hide-and-seek, keek, Lalique, leak, leek, Martinique, meek, midweek, Mozambique, Mustique, mystique, oblique, opéra comique, ortanique, peak, Peake, peek, physique, pique, pratique, reek, seek, shriek, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, Speke, squeak, streak, teak, technique, tongue-in-cheek, tweak, unique, veronique, weak, week, wreak •stickybeak • grosbeak • houseleek •forepeak • technospeak • newspeak •doublespeak • hairstreak • tugrik •fenugreek • Realpolitik • Ostpolitik •pipsqueak • workweek

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