n. [ OE. bek, F. bec, fr. Celtic; cf. Gael. & Ir. bac, bacc, hook, W. bach. ]
a.
Beaked whale (Zool.),
n. [ OE. biker; akin to Icel. bikarr, Sw. bägare, Dan. baeger, G. becher, It. bicchiere; -- all fr. LL. bicarium, prob. fr. Gr.
n.
n. [ From Bickern. ] A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surfaces of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Arch.) A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) Same as Crossbill. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gross + beak: cf. F. gros-bec. ] (Zool.) One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Among the best known American species are the rose-breasted (Habia Ludoviciana); the blue (Guiraca cœrulea); the pine (Pinicola enucleator); and the evening grosbeak. See Hawfinch, and
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n. (Zool.) See Grosbeak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus
n. A fish. See Hornfish. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); -- called also