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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
  • Charlamagne is the mouth, Dollie is the muscle — the one who makes sure ideas turn into institutions.
    Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The picture shows the poster holding the feline’s mouth open with their hands to get a clear shot of his gums, which, in the clip, appear covered in small brown spots, both on the upper and lower parts.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Love, give me lips and noses, skin parting tangy skin.
    Carson Colenbaugh, The Atlantic, 9 Nov. 2025
  • To experience it, visitors to the free exhibition don a VR headset outfitted with a scent dispenser that sits over the nose.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • When the bird dives at high speed to catch fish, its beak slips into the water without a splash.
    Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The Darryn Peterson era of Kansas basketball started with the freshman phenom canning a deep 3-pointer from near the beak of the Jayhawk logo inside Allen Fieldhouse.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The Coupe prototype is a high-riding grand tourer with a long snout, doors that slide open rather than swing, and a fastback roofline – a classic high-line design characteristic.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2025
  • That bumper accentuates the Maserati’s alluring, shark-like snout.
    Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That calls for a little extra creativity from its mom — and the movie’s narrator (Emilia Clarke) — who wriggles her mandibles and gets to work embellishing upon what Dahl imagined.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Similar to a mouthguard, a MAD holds the lower jaw (mandible) and tongue forward, keeping the airway open.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Individual customers' bills will vary according to their usage rates.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Drew Maloney, the CEO of the Edison Electric Institute, a trade association of for-profit electric utilities, suggested that only some states are the drivers of higher average electric bills.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
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“Neb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neb. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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