However, this only works when the base of the beak is wet. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
His beak is short and on his small, dainty head he carries his crest proudly. From Wordnik.com. [On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls] Reference
Changes in beak traits is the prediction based on how Natural Selection works. From Wordnik.com. [Behe Responds] Reference
The beak is only cartilage, like our finger nails, and debeaking does no harm usually. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast AM: June 30, 2006] Reference
The proverbial finch beak is extrapolated out over millions of years to produce novel features. From Wordnik.com. [Demarcation as Politics] Reference
The illusion would be that each species beak is designed a priori for its particular food source. From Wordnik.com. [Analogy, How Scientifically Powerful is It?] Reference
Ape: The illusion would be that each species beak is designed a priori for its particular food source. From Wordnik.com. [Analogy, How Scientifically Powerful is It?] Reference
As the Yoon paper states, you have this large diversity of finch species marked off by variations in beak size. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient Sleep and Flipping Switches] Reference
Although I don't recall his beak being quite that. From Wordnik.com. [Bird is the Word] Reference
It’s hard to tell when someone with a beak is smiling. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2010 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
Their beak is a fine needle and their tongue a slender thread. From Wordnik.com. [Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6] Reference
I thought that his beak was a hot dog cut in half or something!. From Wordnik.com. [Bird is the Word] Reference
Those eyes had seen the Orient sun, and his beak was the eagle's. From Wordnik.com. [Roundabout Papers] Reference
These organs, taken in one mass, are called the beak, or bill of the insect. From Wordnik.com. [Four Months in a Sneak-Box] Reference
They have a kind of band, like the bandeau of widows, above the beak, which is of. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 575, November 10, 1832] Reference
Right up in the beak was a ledge for the pilot to stand and con a tricky passage. From Wordnik.com. [The Bull From The Sea]
If the head has been left on, the condition of the beak is a means of determining age. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish] Reference
Her beak was the beak of an ibis, her face the face of a hag; on her head was a miter of bone. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the Torturer]
The only thing bigger than his beak is his love for Roxane (who also happens to be his cousin). From Wordnik.com. [Houston Press | Complete Issue] Reference
Scimitar-babblers are so called because of the long, slender, compressed beak, which is curved downwards like that of a sunbird. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
Maybe his beak is slightly too big. From Wordnik.com. [Us and Jeff Carlson] Reference
Put your money where your beak is Polly. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Holding up the health care bill, Rep. Gohmert shouts, ‘I brought an abortion to show you today.’] Reference
We see just one side, so it might appear to be a "beak". From Wordnik.com. [Fleshy things in New York Magazine that you might want to talk about.] Reference
It has a "beak" at its mouth, which allows it to bite prey. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
"The beak is a little wobbly, but the general character -- eh?. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy] Reference
It is equipped with a razor sharp tooth or "beak" called the radula. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Between the ZDX and X6, I would take the X6 because of the "beak" on the ZDX is very ugly. From Wordnik.com. [AutoSpies.com News] Reference
Surely one of those dipper-beak birds can filibuster legislation!. From Wordnik.com. [TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads] Reference
Also, it's hollow beak could be damaged by hard sideways shaking. From Wordnik.com. ['Terror Birds': Ancient South American Creature Fought Like Muhammad Ali] Reference
We beak it down holistically, so that people can be artists if they want. From Wordnik.com. [Max Eternity: Revealing Culture at the Smithsonian: VSA Celebrates 20th Anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act] Reference
One of the first things that O'Shea hopes to do is to measure the creature's beak. From Wordnik.com. [Up Close With a Colossal Squid] Reference
Following the announcement, angry beak lovers demanded the return of "classic McNuggets.". From Wordnik.com. [The Stories We Missed In 2003] Reference
But I'm definitely nothing like her; I wear glasses in real life and have a bit of a beak. From Wordnik.com. [How to Bewitch a Wizard] Reference
Finch-beak adaptation is not the same as explaining the path from bacteria to the brontosaurus. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Origin of the Species] Reference
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