beak

Only the back of the head was visible to George, invisible for centuries was the beak, which was about a foot long when excavated.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

When Peter shared their findings with other researchers, a fellow biologist was skeptical of Peter’s claim that a tiny difference in beak size could determine whether a finch lives or dies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

From birds with different beak shapes to mammals that vary in size or color, populations living in different places can often look very different.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026

Normally to describe a new octopus species, a specimen needs to be cut open so that its mouth, beak, teeth and other parts can be examined.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

Gelifen nibbled Christopher’s fingers in greeting, plucked a feather from his own wings with his beak, and offered it to him.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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

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

Many of the beasts have comical attributes: feathered elbows, parrot beaks or sail-like membranes on their heads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

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

This adapted feature would then be transmitted to the finch’s offspring by instruction, and their beaks would harden as well, having been pre-adapted to the harder seeds by their parents.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee