neb
n 1: a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's
head; especially the nose [syn: snout, neb]
2: horny projecting mouth of a bird [syn: beak, bill, neb,
nib, pecker]
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Neb \Neb\ (n[e^]b), n. [AS. nebb head, face; akin to D. neb,
Icel. nef, beak of a bird, nose, Dan. naeb beak, bill, Sw.
n[aum]bb, n[aum]f, and prob. also to D. sneb, snavel, bill,
beak, G. schnabel, Dan. & Sw. snabel, and E. snap. Cf. Nib,
Snap, Snaffle.]
The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as
of a pen. [Also written nib.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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aculeus, acumination, antlia, auger, beak, beezer, bill, bit, borer, bugle, conk, cusp, drill, mucro, muffle, muzzle, nares, needle, nib, nose, nostrils, nozzle, olfactory organ, pecker, point, prick, prickle, proboscis, rhinarium, rostrum, schnozzle, smeller, snoot, snout, sting, tip, trunk |
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