Thesaurus / beak
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In the British Virgin Islands, O’Connell watched as 60 flamingoes held their necks erect and beaks high, moving their heads in a back-and-forth pattern called head-flagging.
IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, RITUALS THAT CONNECT, RENEW AND HEALBARBARA KINGJANUARY 22, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe bendable nose bridge also allowed me to dial in the fit above my beak so it wouldn’t slip down.
THE EXERCISE MASK OUR GEAR GUY SWEARS BYJOE JACKSONDECEMBER 11, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEThe new fossil is a nicely preserved head of a crow-sized bird with a strikingly long, tall and narrow beak.
CRETACEOUS BIRDS WERE THOUGHT TO HAVE SMALL BILLS—EXCEPT THIS ONESCOTT K. JOHNSONNOVEMBER 29, 2020ARS TECHNICAThat’s a big contrast with modern birds, which have a wild variety of beak shapes befitting their many different ecological niches.
CRETACEOUS BIRDS WERE THOUGHT TO HAVE SMALL BILLS—EXCEPT THIS ONESCOTT K. JOHNSONNOVEMBER 29, 2020ARS TECHNICAA new fossil find reveals an unexpected bird from that time—one with a whopping, great toucan-like beak.
CRETACEOUS BIRDS WERE THOUGHT TO HAVE SMALL BILLS—EXCEPT THIS ONESCOTT K. JOHNSONNOVEMBER 29, 2020ARS TECHNICAHere there was a scuffling sound in the basket, and the Roc rapped on the cover with her hard beak, and cried, "Hush!"
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLJehosophat kicked at him with his wet feet, and tried to grab the fat red nose that hung down over the turkey's beak.
SEVEN O'CLOCK STORIESROBERT GORDON ANDERSONA little tar and ashes in his beak was a greater kindness to him than a charge of bird shot.
THE RED COW AND HER FRIENDSPETER MCARTHURThe peculiarity of their beak consists in the lower mandible being considerably longer than the other into which it shuts.
IN THE WILDS OF FLORIDAW.H.G. KINGSTONTo prevent the water rushing into its throat as it skims the surface with its beak, the bird is provided with a very small gullet.
IN THE WILDS OF FLORIDAW.H.G. KINGSTONWORDS RELATED TO BEAK
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