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71beakedwhale — beaked whale n. Any of various toothed whales of the family Ziphiidae, having a long beaklike snout and a small dorsal fin and inhabiting all of the oceans. * * * …
72storksbill — storks·bill (stôrksʹbĭl ) n. 1. Any of various plants of the genus Erodium, having fruit with a narrow beaklike tip. 2. See geranium. * * * ▪ Erodium also called Heronsbill, any of several flowering plants of the genus Erodium, in the… …
73beaked whale — any of several toothed whales of the family Hyperoodontidae (Ziphiidae), inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws. [1875 80] * * * ▪ mammal Introduction any of 21 species of medium sized toothed whales (toothed whale) with extended snouts …
74bill — bill1 biller, n. /bil/, n. 1. a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied: He paid the hotel bill when he checked out. 2. a piece of paper money worth a specified amount: a ten dollar bill. 3. Govt. a form or draft of a proposed… …
75corbel — /kawr beuhl/, n., v., corbeled, corbeling or (esp. Brit.) corbelled, corbelling. Archit. n. 1. any bracket, esp. one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent. 2. a short horizontal timber supporting a girder. v.t. 3. to set (bricks, stones,… …
76eel — eellike, adj. eely, adj. /eel/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) eel, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) eels. 1. any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins. 2. any of… …
77halfbeak — /haf beek , hahf /, n. any of several marine fishes of the family Hemiramphidae, having a greatly elongated lower jaw. [1875 80; HALF + BEAK] * * * ▪ fish any of about 70 species of marine and freshwater fishes of the family Hemiramphidae… …
78mola — mola1 /moh leuh/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) mola, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) molas. any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas. Cf. ocean sunfish. [1595 1605; < L: millstone;… …
79Moorish idol — a black, white, and yellow fish, Zanclus cornutus (or canescens), inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans, having a long snout and an elongated dorsal fin. * * * ▪ fish (Zanclus canescens), deep bodied, tropical and subtropical reef… …
80nasute — nasuteness, n. /nay sooht /, n. Entomol. a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted. [1645 55 for earlier sense big nosed ; < L nasutus big nosed, equiv. to nasu… …
