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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

Thesaurus Results for Neb:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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