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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

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

  1. 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

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more beaklike Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most beaklike Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

beaky · beakish