beak
A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.
Other meanings
A similar pointed structure forming the nose and mouth of various animals, such as turtles, platypuses, whales, etc.
The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
A kind of
- mouth
Word history
From Latin "beccus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “beak” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.