What is another word for beaked?

Pronunciation: [bˈiːkt] (IPA)

The word 'beaked' usually describes the presence of a pointed or curved structure on the front of an animal's head. There are several synonyms that can be used instead of 'beaked' to convey the same description. These include 'bill-shaped', 'hooked', 'crooked', 'curved', and 'pointed'. Other possible synonyms are 'nosed', 'snouted', 'falcon-headed', 'hawkish', and 'raptor-like'. Depending on the context, some words may be more fitting than others. For instance, 'hooked' would be most applicable for referring to a bird of prey, while 'nosed' would apply more to herbivorous creatures like deer or cattle.

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Usage examples for Beaked

Grub being skerce, I had a fancy to bury them young squabs of eagles, by way of satisfying my own yearning for food, and giving the ole hook-beaked pirates a hint that they hadn't the sole right over the earth and air.
"Tales from the Veld"
Ernest Glanville
There was another peer there, a little man with a beaked nose, the only thing about him that reminded you of the Duke of Wellington.
"Faces and Places"
Henry William Lucy
Presently he was asleep also and dreaming of a fantastic struggle in which Myra Bland-transformed into a vulture-like creature with a fierce beaked face and enormous strength-tore him relentlessly from the arms of his wife.
"The Hidden Places"
Bertrand W. Sinclair

Famous quotes with Beaked

  • "There was a pretty prince of Troy named Paris. He and a Greek queen ran off together. Her husband called the other kings of Greece together, and they went to Troy, a great army in a thousand beaked ships, to get the woman back. Helen was her name." "What did they want her back for?" "Her husband's honor demanded it." "I should think his honor demanded that he divorce her and find himself a decent wife." "Lavinia, these people were Greeks."
    Ursula K. Le Guin

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