beaked en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /biːkt/
Meanings
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(in-compounds, not-comparable, often) Having a beak.
Fain would the Red Foliot turn the Demons from their resolve, but without avail; they courteously thanking him for his hospitality which they said they would enjoy that night in their booths, being minded on the morrow to take to their beaked ship and fare over the unvintaged sea to Demonland.
1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 30:
Deriveds
white-beaked dolphin · sharp-beaked ground finch · long-beaked bald rush · hawk-beaked · beaked salmon · beaked whale · Sir David's long-beaked echidna · unbeaked · beaked off
Translations (2)
ru клювастый (having a beak) · la rostrātus (having a beak)