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1. Horny projecting mouth of a bird
   - bill, neb, nib, pecker
    
2. Beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
    
3. A beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures
    
4. Informal term for the nose
   - honker, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz
    
5. [Brit] A lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offences)
   - magistrate
    
6. (nautical) the metal point fixed on the bows of a war galley, used as a ram

1. Hit lightly with a picking motion
   - peck, pick

Derived forms: beaked, beaks, beaking

Type of: judge, jurist, justice, mouth, nose, olfactory organ, strike, tip

Part of: bird

Encyclopedia: Beak