beaklike en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English beak Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English beaklike From beak + -like.
Meanings
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Resembling a beak.
a beaklike nose
The remaining works concentrate mostly on sketchy pictures of hairless creatures with elongated beaklike and sometimes trunklike noses.
2009 January 2, Roberta Smith, “Widely Known for Obscurity”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more beaklike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most beaklike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |