NEB
WordNet
noun
(1) Horny projecting mouth of a bird
(2) A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
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Etymology
, from . Cognate with Danish , Dutch , German , Old Norse , Swedish , Swedish regional .
Noun
- A bird's beak or bill.
- A person's mouth.
- A person's nose.
- The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
- A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
- 1658: In Acorns the nebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 183)
- A nib, as of a pen.