beaked
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Or you might have seared in your mind the image of the beaked masks that plague doctors wore in the 1600s, which, given the lack of treatments at the time, became closely associated with death.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
"The vast number of fossil whale falls documented, including a new species of beaked whale, is truly amazing and is of major importance to understanding whale evolution and whale distributions over geologic time," he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Through previous projects, Armstrong became aware of oral traditions that told of how ancient humans cultivated beaked hazelnut.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 6, 2024
He stressed also that there is still little known about how animals, such as beaked whales and squid, use this ecosystem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2024
Except for her receding chin Turtle Wexler looked every inch the witch, her dark unbraided hair streaming wild in the wind from under her peaked hat, a putty wart pasted on her small beaked nose.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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