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beaks

  • plural
    of beak.
    beak
    noun
    the bill of a bird; neb.

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Sprouting eyes, wings, beaks, the slender monolith seemingly rotates and billows as it rises.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

That outer shell is built largely from chitin, a tough natural material also found in fungal cell walls, fish scales, and the beaks of squids and octopi.

From Science Daily May 9, 2026

Kalshi has explicit written rules against people trading on events whose outcomes they could influence and recently fined and suspended some congressional candidates for trying to wet their beaks in their own races.

From Slate Apr. 24, 2026

Terror birds were top predators - they could be taller than a human and had powerful legs and hooked, flesh-ripping beaks.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2025

The birds white and flying just above the surface, sometimes going in with their beaks.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña