the rigid projecting mouth structures of birds and some animals, e.g. a turtle
the bill of a bird
any of various rigid projecting mouth structures, e.g. of a turtle or dolphin
the long sucking mouth of some insects
a metal-tipped beam projecting from the bow of an ancient galley for ramming an enemy ship
the pouring spout of a vessel
informal the human nose
chiefly Brit, informal
a magistrate
a schoolteacher
beaked adj
[Middle English bec via Old French from Latin beccus, of Gaulish origin]