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as in mouth
the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering the cardinal has a black face and a noticeable bright red neb

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as in nose
the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity with her round glasses perched on her small neb, the librarian certainly presents an owlish appearance

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Noun
  • Weinstein often looked haggard and out of it — unshaven, mouth ajar, eyes bleary.
    Phoebe Eaton, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Instead, their mouth parts are made for primarily sucking on plant sap.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Then, in the midst of it all, her nose got infected five months post-procedure.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The nose features caramel, vanilla bean, and assorted wood spices.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Small footprints and beak marks were discovered near invertebrate trails, suggesting that ancient shorebirds were pecking around in search of a meal between 39 million and 50 million years ago.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
  • According to the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation, the bird is medium-sized with a strong beak.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The snout is a similar cone shape pointing upward and the bears’ eyes are closed, giving the impression of being in a peaceful sleep.
    Susan Hargreaves, Sun Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Curious onlookers watched as large alligators and crocodiles with muzzled snouts were unloaded from the rail cars, along with hundreds of smaller ones.
    Jeremy Drouin, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Instead, this species had mandibles that ran forward parallel to the head and facial projection closer to its eyes.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2025
  • At first, researchers tried to extract DNA from the mandible.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • More: Could a GOP bill prevent some married women from voting?
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Also still pending this year is a measure to memorialize Jan. 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day in Florida and a bill that would require the state insurance plan to cover supplemental examinations, such as an MRI or ultrasound, when mammograms indicate questionable findings.
    Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Neb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neb. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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