beak
noun
the bill of a bird; neb.
beaks
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pluralof beak.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It helps form insect exoskeletons, fungal cell walls, fish scales, and structures such as the beaks of squids and octopi.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Atlantic puffins are the harlequins of the sea, colorful as a rainforest parrot—black backs, white bellies, quad-colored beaks and intensely orange feet and legs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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
But at last the bones had regained flesh; the empty eyepits had filled up and the new eyes had seen, while meantime the restored beaks and mouths had cackled, barked, and caterwauled.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
