Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a long, narrow rostrum: as, the slender-beaked spider-crab, Stenorhynchus tenuirostris.
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Examples
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Jellicoe, slender-beaked and top-hatted, going about his business in
The Eye of Osiris 1902
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Next to these brilliant creatures of the south, in case 45 are the curious Australian honey eaters, with their feathered tongues, made to brush the sweet essences from flowers: and the two following cases contain the remaining varieties of the slender-beaked family.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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Having feasted his eyes upon the gaudy colours of these feathered fishermen, the visitor will find in the next case (43) the first specimens of the slender-beaked perching birds.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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