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[beek] / bik /


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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

In addition, its large upper beak appears to have been well suited for collecting tactile information from the surrounding environment.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

The volunteer had barely put down the tomato when a small beak poked out from a bush and dashed towards it in an abandoned garden in fire-ravaged southwest France.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

The streamlined beak of the kingfisher, which enters the water almost without a splash, became the model for the nose of Japan’s bullet train.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Often silent, sometimes swearing, always pointedly looking at me, neck feathers ruffled, wings half out, beak extended.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

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

That outer shell is built largely from chitin, a tough natural material also found in fungal cell walls, fish scales, and the beaks of squids and octopi.

From Science Daily ● May 9, 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

Flapping their short wings, the puffins seemed to fly through the water as they snatched fish with their sturdy beaks.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown




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