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beak, bill, or
rostrum is an
external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian
dinosaurs and a few mammals. A
beak is...
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originating in Europe,
shaped like a funnel, chimney, or
upstretched bird with
open beak used for
supporting or
venting a pie.
Occasionally other whimsical shapes...
- Debeaking,
beak trimming (also
spelt beak-trimming), or
beak conditioning is the
partial removal of the
beak of poultry,
especially layer hens and turkeys...
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which consists of
oblique runs
combined with head-bowing movements, an
open beak, and a "strangled" low song. The
female remains motionless until she raises...
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Psittacine beak and
feather disease (PBFD) is a
viral disease affecting all Old
World and New
World parrots. The
causative virus—
beak and
feather disease...
- gaping,
open beak in
their fear and
threat displays. Some
augment the
display by
hissing or
breathing heavily,
while others clap
their beaks. In birds...
- a
golden heraldic eagle with
outspread wings,
headturned to the left,
open beak and red claws, set in a sky blue field. The
crest covers three fifths...
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Mexicana de Aviación: An eagle.
Montenegro Airlines: An eagle. Nok Air:
Open beak.
North Central Airlines: A duck. SATA Air Azores: A goshawk. Shanghai...
- The
Beak of the Finch: A
Story of
Evolution in Our Time (ISBN 0-679-40003-6) is a 1994
nonfiction book
about evolutionary biology,
written by Jonathan...
- a
nasofrontal hinge allowing the
beak to
open wider than
would otherwise be possible. The
exterior surface of
beaks is
composed of a thin,
horny sheath...
