Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Furnished with or distinguished by a beak.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a
beak . - adjective Beak-like.
- adjective Having a nose which resembles a beak.
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Examples
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The deep-set little eyes, beaky nose, and small mouth were now surrounded by a great square of fat that seemed to press his features into the center of his head. . .
Chasing justice in Henry VIII's England Patrick Anderson 2011
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The deep-set little eyes, beaky nose, and small mouth were now surrounded by a great square of fat that seemed to press his features into the center of his head. . .
Chasing justice in Henry VIII's England Patrick Anderson 2011
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Amy was thin and angular, with light eyes and a sharp, beaky nose.
Boys and Girls Like You and Me Aryn Kyle 2010
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Instead she scampers off to share her lunch with a troupe of monkeys that sometimes plagues the plantation and its cruel overseer, "a bad-tempered man with a beaky nose and eyes like sharp little stones."
'Cloud Tea Monkeys' 2010
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He had a long jaw and a beaky nose, and brown eyes that were sharp for a man of his general shabbiness.
DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010
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He was odd-looking, skinny with a long neck and a beaky nose.
Boys and Girls Like You and Me Aryn Kyle 2010
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Instead she scampers off to share her lunch with a troupe of monkeys that sometimes plagues the plantation and its cruel overseer, "a bad-tempered man with a beaky nose and eyes like sharp little stones."
'Cloud Tea Monkeys' 2010
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Instead she scampers off to share her lunch with a troupe of monkeys that sometimes plagues the plantation and its cruel overseer, "a bad-tempered man with a beaky nose and eyes like sharp little stones."
CHILDREN'S BOOKS 2010
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Instead she scampers off to share her lunch with a troupe of monkeys that sometimes plagues the plantation and its cruel overseer, "a bad-tempered man with a beaky nose and eyes like sharp little stones."
'Cloud Tea Monkeys' 2010
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This is the subject of our present dispute: he snuck up on me while I was reading the paper and is now eyeing my big toe, his beaky mouth already ajar.
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