beak
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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
A pelican, with an oversized bucket-like beak, was in need of last-minute maintenance.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Standing about 25 inches tall, it likely had a toothless beak, large eye sockets, and hollow bones.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026
More of the creature has now been recovered at the reserve - including its beak which is a hard mouth part used for crushing prey.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
This time her savior was an eagle, who poised on his great wings beside her, seized the flask from her with his beak and brought it back to her full of the black water.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Sprouting eyes, wings, beaks, the slender monolith seemingly rotates and billows as it rises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 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
As their diets diversified, their beaks evolved to match the ecological roles they occupied.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 11, 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
They’re heading closer, and their sharp beaks are open, because they’re calling to each other kind of desperately.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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Aquatic, Waddle, and Plumage: Penguin Parlance
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 4–6
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