Synonyms for beaklike
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : beek |
| Phonetic Transcription : bik |
Définition of beaklike
Origin :- mid-13c., "bird's bill," from Old French bec "beak," figuratively "mouth," also "tip or point of a nose, a lance, a ship, a shoe," from Latin beccus (cf. Italian becco, Spanish pico), said by Suetonius ("De vita Caesarum" 18) to be of Gaulish origin, perhaps from Gaulish beccus, possibly related to Celtic stem bacc- "hook." Or there may be a link in Old English becca "pickax, sharp end." Jocular sense of "human nose" is from 1854 (but also was used mid-15c. in the same sense).
- As in aquiline : adj hooked
- A beaklike manubrium malleus composed of anterior projecting external and internal spines extends from the body to the tympanum.
- Extract from : « North American Jumping Mice (Genus Zapus) » by Philip H. Krutzsch
- He had the leader's beaklike nose, a handsome form of it, like Alexander's, not like Attila's.
- Extract from : « The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig » by David Graham Phillips
- The beaklike curve of his nose was unpleasantly set off by deep folds on each side of his mouth.
- Extract from : « The Point Of Honor » by Joseph Conrad
- A small, beaklike mouth and short, stubby antennae completed its face.
- Extract from : « The Secret of the Ninth Planet » by Donald Allen Wollheim
Antonyms for beaklike
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