BEAK


Meaning of BEAK in English

I

or bill

Stiff, projecting oral structure of birds and turtles (both of which lack teeth) and certain other animals (e.g., cephalopod s and some insects, fishes, and mammals).

The term bill is preferred for the beak of a bird, composed of upper and lower jaws covered by a horny sheath of skin, with the nostrils on top, usually at the base. The shapes and sizes of bills are adapted for obtaining food, preening, building nests, and other functions; they range from the long, slim bill of nectar-sipping hummingbirds to the sturdy, curved, nut-cracking bill of parrots.

II

[c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions)

bill of exchange

Bill of Rights

Blass Bill

Bradley Bill

Brandt Bill

Buffalo Bill

Canada Bill

Cosby Bill

Evans Bill

Gates Bill

GI Bill of Rights

Haley Bill

Hartack Bill

Hickok Wild Bill

Jones Bill T.

Monroe Bill

Reform Bill of 1832

Reform Bill of 1867

Reform Bill of 1884–85

Robinson Bill

Russell Bill

Shoemaker Bill

Tilden Bill

treasury bill

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Wade Davis Bill

Clinton Bill

ivory billed woodpecker

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