beak

The hard, pointed part of a bird's mouth, used for eating, grooming, and picking things up.

1. 1.

   A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.

2. 2.

   beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)

   非鸟类动物的喙状嘴(如龟)

3. 3.

   A similar pointed structure forming the nose and mouth of various animals, such as turtles, platypuses, whales, etc.

4. 4.

   horny projecting mouth of a bird

   鸟类的角质突出嘴

5. 5.

   The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.

6. 6.

   a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures

   某些植物结构上喙状的尖端

7. 7.

   The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.

8. 8.

   The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.

9. 9.

   Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.

10. 10.

    Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land.

11. 11.

    A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.

12. 12.

    A toe clip.

13. 13.

    That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.

14. 14.

    A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy.

15. 15.

    Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Libythea, notable for the beak-like elongation on their heads.

喙状嘴；喙形口鼻部；（昆虫等的）喙状口器；吻；喙状尖端；果喙；（贝类的）喙部；喙状物；岬角

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