Definition of nebnext
1
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
  • The Broncos struck right back with a goal-mouth scramble tally 67 seconds later, but the Pios were just getting started.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Barbed treble hooks do a sad number on a trout's soft, delicate mouth.
    Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Saturday’s nose win followed a neck victory over Chief Wallabee in last month’s Fountain of Youth Stakes.
    Clark Spencer, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a real danger for both Galvin and Healey that Foley’s new team will show state agencies run by them have failed to ferret out fraud right under their noses.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Pardington spat out the coin and looked at the bird, the male with its long, curved beak and pronounced wattle.
    Tom Page, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
  • All have the stout beak that gives the bird its name.
    Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The most noticeable feature was a large hump located in the middle of its snout.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Monitors are bulkier, with longer necks, narrower snouts and thicker, more muscular tails.
    Sergio Candido, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The man, named Bawrgiyo Jaw, is possessed of a tremendous mandible, and the black tips of his spectacles loop over the tops of ears that enclose a full head of black hair.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The animal dislodged the boy’s mandible, left a groove in his skull, broke his clavicle and left a bite mark on his right ankle.
    Sara Novak, Scientific American, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • New York City imposed a speed limit of 15 mph on all electric bikes in October, and Florida lawmakers recently sent the governor a bill limiting e-bike speeds to 10 mph within 50 feet of pedestrians.
    Sarah Raza, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Instead of requiring county behavioral health departments to get involved directly, the bill proposes that such requests be added to the existing CARE Court process.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Neb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neb. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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