beak vs bird

beak

noun
  • cocaine. 

  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Libythea, notable for the beak-like elongation on their heads. 

  • A schoolmaster (originally, at Eton). 

  • The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed. 

  • That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee. 

  • A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc. 

  • A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc. 

  • A justice of the peace; a magistrate. 

  • The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve. 

  • The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal. 

  • The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera. 

  • A toe clip. 

  • A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead. 

  • Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant. 

  • Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land. 

  • A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off. 

verb
  • To play truant. 

  • Seize with the beak. 

  • Strike with the beak. 

bird

noun
  • A kilogram of cocaine. 

  • A chicken or turkey used as food. 

  • A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive. 

  • The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended. 

  • A penis. 

  • An airplane. 

  • A girlfriend. 

  • A yardbird. 

  • A prison sentence. 

  • A satellite. 

  • A man, fellow. 

  • Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer. 

  • A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs. 

verb
  • To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds. 

  • To transmit via satellite. 

  • To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment. 

  • To bring into prison, to roof. 

  • To seek for game or plunder; to thieve. 

adj
  • Able to be passed with very little work; having the nature of a bird course. 

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