Beaked

Beaked
Beaked Beaked (b[=e]kt), a. 1. Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped. ``Each beaked promontory.'' --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. (Biol.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate. [1913 Webster]

{Beaked whale} (Zo["o]l.), a cetacean of the genus {Hyperoodon}; the bottlehead whale. [1913 Webster]


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