beakless

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beakless

The bird is beakless and cannot eat the seeds.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Not having a beak or bill: Describes a bird or other animal that lacks the hard, projecting mouthpart typical of its kind.
Usage
  • The primary use of "beakless" is as a descriptive adjective in biological or zoological contexts to specify the absence of a beak.
  • It is typically used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like "is" or "was").
Examples
  • Attributive use:
    • The museum displayed a fossil of a strange, beakless bird.
    • Scientists studied the beakless condition in the mutated chick embryos.
  • Predicative use:
    • Due to a congenital defect, the parrot was completely beakless.
    • This particular species of prehistoric reptile is thought to have been beakless.
Advanced Usage
  • Figurative/Descriptive Use: While rare, "beakless" can be used metaphorically to describe something that lacks a projecting or pointed part.
    • The old fountain, now beakless, no longer sprayed water from its central figure.
Variants and Related Words
  • Beak (n): The hard, pointed, projecting mouthpart of a bird.
  • Beaked (adj): Having a beak, especially of a specified kind (e.g., ).
  • Bill (n): Often synonymous with "beak," especially for certain bird groups like ducks.
Synonyms
  • Without a beak
  • Bill-less (less common)
Antonyms
  • Beaked
  • Billed
beakless

The bird is beakless and cannot eat the seeds.

Adjective
  1. not having a beak or bill

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