beak
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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
And as for the showstopping pelican, the frog erupts out of its beak right on cue, a moment that indeed inspires a round of laughter and childlike awe.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Qingrong Yang captured a ladyfish snatching prey just beneath a little egret's beak.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
Then the bird closest to the berries in each row would take a berry carefully and hold it out to the bird next to him in his beak.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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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
Hummingbird bills -- their long, thin beaks -- look a little like drinking straws.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024
Two silver swans spewed jasmine-scented water from their beaks into a massive fountain in the center of the shop.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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