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allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.

A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.

Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as the beak of certain birds.

Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill.

The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells.

notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak.

One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India.

A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. fishes, and sea hedgehogs.

Deprived of claws, and teeth or beaks. Cussans.

The beaked whale (Balænoptera rostrata), from which doegling oil is obtained.

A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.

Without a beak.

The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area. Escutcheon of pretense, an escutcheon used in English heraldry to display the arms of the bearer's wife; -- not commonly used unless she an heiress. Cf. Impalement.

One of a family (Falconidæ) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.

bird of the genus Phoenicopterus. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum.

A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet.

A genus of plants having a beaklike tours or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor. Called sometimes crane's-bill.

The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.

Pertaining to the gonys of a bird's beak.

A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.