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Definitions

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Resembling a beak; pointed.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. resembling the beak of a bird

Etymologies

  1. beak +‎ -like (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “The soft tissues of its snout have worn away, leaving the "beaklike" front of its jaw exposed.”

    December 2008

  • “They go "questing" for blood donors, spearing their victims with a "beaklike projection" and drawing a "quantity of blood that is a hundred times their 'empty' weight.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Tug-of-War With Nature

  • “A Kansas engineer with wire-rimmed glasses perched always on his beaklike nose, Smith envisioned Donovan having a small $1 million a year operation; he was shocked when in two months Donovan was demanding ten times that much.”

    Simon & Schuster: Wild Bill Donovan

  • “He sat like a king on a throne, his beaklike nose high in the air, introducing his wives.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Season of Risks

  • “It was a sleek black Concorde-like jetliner with a sharp beaklike nose and missiles on its wings.”

    Simon & Schuster: THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS

  • “Dr. Barlow gestured at the beaklike prow before them, at monstrous heads belching fire.”

    Simon & Schuster: Behemoth

  • “She had an enormous beaklike nose and bright black eyes that glittered at me as though daring me to rebuff her.”

    Fictionaut: Magnificent Pigs

  • “The crimson blade with its beaklike point was not quite suited for his human grip, having been designed by the Seekers.”

    Simon & Schuster: LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM

  • “From this picture showing the "monster's" back, limbs and tail and beaklike head process, it looks like it could be a turtle - except turtles don't have that type of teeth, and the hindquarters are very mammal-like.”

    Science

  • “Many of the invertebrate-eaters have beaklike mouths, strong jaws, and pharyngeal teeth.”

    Coral reef fish feeding behavior in the Caribbean

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  • vanishedone Learnt from WeirdNet: for usage see its treatment of beak. Aug 14, 2008

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