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as in mouth
the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering the cardinal has a black face and a noticeable bright red neb

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as in nose
the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity with her round glasses perched on her small neb, the librarian certainly presents an owlish appearance

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Noun
  • His tiny pink tongue hung out of his mouth much of the time.
    Maya Salam, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
  • That mouth action corresponds to its rate of respiration, which increases with stress levels.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Defying the law would bring no real legal consequences for the people involved—which is why the Trump administration is already thumbing its nose at court orders.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
  • That’s all fair enough, but, wow, is this clunky show on the nose with all that stuff.
    Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This bike's fairing is less angular, and the cowling doesn't flow as naturally into the rest of the bodywork, but the signature round headlight is there, and thankfully Enfield eschews the beak that seems to have been requisite on adventure bikes for so many years.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2025
  • With its distinctive brown body, white head and yellow beak, the bird is easily recognizable.
    Jeanine Santucci, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The new species was identified by its call, body size, snout shape, coloring, skin texture and other subtle physical features, the study said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The results show that a long, slightly curved snout does indeed reduce impact forces.
    Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • These high-confidence marks were located on four tibiae, one mandible, one humerus, and two long bone fragments.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
  • With dodging, cricket fled in a circular movement that put the crickets behind the ants to avoid their deadly mandibles.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2025
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  • Trump administration vows to rehire DOGE Treasury Department employee who resigned over racist posts Turco said Lincoln, whose likeness is also on the $5 bill, was added to the coin in 1909.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • That means Republicans will need total unanimity to pass a bill in the chamber.
    Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Neb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neb. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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