beaklike

  • 31billfish — Saury Sau ry, n.; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[ o]l.) A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus}) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also {billfish}, {gowdnook}, {gawnook}, {skipper}, {skipjack},… …

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  • 32Black-necked stork — Stork Stork, n. [AS. storc; akin to G. storch, OHG. storah, Icel. storkr, Dan. & Sw. stork, and perhaps to Gr. ? a vulture.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family {Ciconid[ae]}, having long legs and a long,… …

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  • 33C nigra — Stork Stork, n. [AS. storc; akin to G. storch, OHG. storah, Icel. storkr, Dan. & Sw. stork, and perhaps to Gr. ? a vulture.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family {Ciconid[ae]}, having long legs and a long,… …

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  • 34Ciconia alba — Stork Stork, n. [AS. storc; akin to G. storch, OHG. storah, Icel. storkr, Dan. & Sw. stork, and perhaps to Gr. ? a vulture.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family {Ciconid[ae]}, having long legs and a long,… …

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  • 35Columbine — Col um*bine, n. [LL. columbina, L. columbinus dovelike, fr. columba dove: cf. F. colombine. Perh. so called from the beaklike spurs of its flowers.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Aquilegia}; as, {Aquilegia vulgaris}, or the… …

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  • 36crane's-bill — Geranium Ge*ra ni*um (j[ e]*r[=a] n[i^]*[u^]m), n. [L., fr. Gr. gera nion, from ge ranos crane: cf. F. g[ e]ranium. See {Crane}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants having a beaklike torus or receptacle, around which the seed capsules… …

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  • 37Diodon — Di o*don, n. [Gr. di = di s twice + odoy s, odo ntos, a tooth: cf. F. diodon.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in… …

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  • 38Egypt herring — Saury Sau ry, n.; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[ o]l.) A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus}) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also {billfish}, {gowdnook}, {gawnook}, {skipper}, {skipjack},… …

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  • 39gawnook — Saury Sau ry, n.; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[ o]l.) A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus}) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also {billfish}, {gowdnook}, {gawnook}, {skipper}, {skipjack},… …

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  • 40Geranium — Ge*ra ni*um (j[ e]*r[=a] n[i^]*[u^]m), n. [L., fr. Gr. gera nion, from ge ranos crane: cf. F. g[ e]ranium. See {Crane}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants having a beaklike torus or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are… …

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