Definition of nebnext
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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
  • Now the unicorn is back, cutely neighing, its mouth as open as Laura’s is closed.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Duffy has also put his money where his mouth is, funneling $1 million from his mothballed campaign account dating back to his time in Congress to a super PAC supporting his son-in-law’s congressional campaign, according to the Badger Report, a nonprofit investigative outlet based in Wisconsin.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The tip of Louise’s nose was bright red, which made her eyes seem ferociously blue.
    Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Artemis 2 has come home, but NASA still has its nose to the lunar grindstone.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The lectern eagle with split beak, To speak.
    Patricia Lockwood, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Cormorants that tried to clean each other with their beaks died after ingesting the viscous muck.
    Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Birdo is the pink Yoshi-looking dinosaur who can fire eggs from her snout, while Mouser is the giant bomb-throwing mouse with sunglasses.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Those strolling around downtown Dallas this weekend might have noticed more tails, claws and snouts than usual.
    Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • His fingers splayed and writhed like a terrible mandible.
    Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Because the two halves of the mandible had not yet joined, the creature would have been physically incapable of eating on its own.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Critics in the House Freedom Caucus argued against the bill on the grounds that government should not mandate how agencies spend their budgets.
    Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Ratepayers were left with the bill.
    Nicole Malliotakis, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
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“Neb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neb. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.

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