beaklike

English

Alternative forms

  • beak-like

Etymology

From beak +‎ -like.

Adjective

beaklike (comparative more beaklike, superlative most beaklike)

  1. Resembling a beak.
    Synonyms: beakish, beaky
    a beaklike nose
    • 2009 January 2, Roberta Smith, “Widely Known for Obscurity”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      The remaining works concentrate mostly on sketchy pictures of hairless creatures with elongated beaklike and sometimes trunklike noses.
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