beaklike

beaklike
Resembling a beak; pointed

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  • beaklike — adjective resembling the beak of a bird a grizzled man with a beaklike nose • Similar to: ↑beaked …   Useful english dictionary

  • beaklike — adj. resembling a beak …   English contemporary dictionary

  • dolphin — /dol fin, dawl /, n. 1. any of several chiefly marine, cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, having a fishlike body, numerous teeth, and the front of the head elongated into a beaklike projection. 2. Also called dolphinfish, mahimahi.… …   Universalium

  • Rostra — Rostrum Ros trum ( tr[u^]m), n.; pl. L. {Rostra}, E. {Rostrums}. [L., beak, ship s beak, fr. rodere, rosum, to gnaw. See {Rodent}.] 1. The beak or head of a ship. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. ({Rostra}) (Rom. Antiq.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rostrum — Ros trum ( tr[u^]m), n.; pl. L. {Rostra}, E. {Rostrums}. [L., beak, ship s beak, fr. rodere, rosum, to gnaw. See {Rodent}.] 1. The beak or head of a ship. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. ({Rostra}) (Rom. Antiq.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rostrums — Rostrum Ros trum ( tr[u^]m), n.; pl. L. {Rostra}, E. {Rostrums}. [L., beak, ship s beak, fr. rodere, rosum, to gnaw. See {Rodent}.] 1. The beak or head of a ship. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. ({Rostra}) (Rom. Antiq.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • beak — beaked /beekt, bee kid/, adj. beakless, adj. beaklike, adj. beaky, adj. /beek/, n. 1. the bill of a bird; neb. 2. any similar horny mouthpart in other animals, as the turtle or duckbill. 3. anything beaklike or ending in a point, as the spout of… …   Universalium

  • fish — fishless, adj. /fish/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) fishes, v. n. 1. any of various cold blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with …   Universalium

  • Fish — /fish/, n. Hamilton, 1808 93, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1869 77. * * * I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold blooded vertebrates found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species range from the primitive lampreys and hagfishes… …   Universalium

  • pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head. [1865 70] * * * Any of one to three species (genus Globicephala, family Delphinidae) of toothed whale found in all oceans except the Arctic and… …   Universalium

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