Substantiv
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A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming and for eating food.
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A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc.
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The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
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The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
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The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
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The metal point fixed on the bows of a war galley, used as a ram.
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A justice of the peace, magistrate, headmaster or other person of authority.
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The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed.
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Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, such as a promontory of land.
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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.
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That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
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A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
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Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
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A toe clip.
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Verb
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Strike with the beak.
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Seize with the beak.
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