They are the species known as beaked whales - which normally live quite deep in the ocean and far offshore from Oregon's beaches. From Wordnik.com. [Oregon Coast Travel, Tourism, Science, Entertainment News - Breaking News from the Oregon Coast] Reference
The creature has been called a beaked rodent, a government experiment, and a viral marketing campaign for a Cartoon Network show. From Wordnik.com. [Nunc Scio » 2008 » July] Reference
Even elusive, reclusive creatures such as beaked whales are giving up data in previously unthinkable detail. From Wordnik.com. [EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed] Reference
He paused in his account and shook his beaked head. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
And a huge beaked prow, as no ships are builded now. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860] Reference
That I “beaked” confidential sources to the press?. From Wordnik.com. [Teddy Wayne Talks Turkey] Reference
In one hour more the specks had become beaked and long. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885] Reference
In Ontario the beaked hazel grows as far north as Hudson. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922] Reference
(Corylus Americana) and the beaked hazel (Corylus cornuta). From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922] Reference
And climb the steel-beaked ship-of-war, so mighty and so frail!. From Wordnik.com. [The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse] Reference
Large beaked boats with heraldic banners are rocking in the coves. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
His nose was Roman-beaked, his forehead high, his features well used. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
American hazelnuts both Corylus rostrata the beaked hazel, and Corylus. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920] Reference
I pushed up the beaked mask I wore, feeling as if my legs would give way. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
He was in profile to her, and she saw a high beaked nose and a strong jaw. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Silver Bow]
Emily felt an absurd flare of jealousy as he tickled it under its beaked chin. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
The broad-beaked, seesawing contraptions remind me at first of toy birds. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit Upwelling] Reference
Of the hazel there are two kinds, the common hazel and beaked hazel, both native here. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917] Reference
From behind the beaked mask Hanno recognized my voice, I think, though he made no sign. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
Men and long beaked warblers flutter about the nest, in their mission to better the nest. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest] Reference
The animals — red-beaked Terror Birds and prey alike — were out of sight behind them. From Wordnik.com. [Ilium]
The eagle-beaked Trolloc shrieked as her spearpoint stabbed deep into its side, stabbed again. From Wordnik.com. [A Crown of Swords]
Footnote: A herd of buffaloes is generally accompanied by one or more red-beaked rhinoceros birds. From Wordnik.com. [Rataplan, a rogue elephant; and other stories] Reference
The second glume is thinner, dorsally gibbous, keeled, 5 - to 9-nerved, beaked and minutely bifid. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Long-beaked birds came to the sand and piped a sharp and anxious note, or chattered like children. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
Really liked the setting details, e.g., "dawn with her rose-red fingers" and Odysseus '"black-beaked ships.". From Wordnik.com. [From the Found Notebooks of Homer's Writing Group] Reference
They wore the same beaked helmets, the supple encasing breast - and back-plates, but their leggings were gray. From Wordnik.com. [Key Out of Time] Reference
This was not in the remit of the beaked Rhadamanthus, but as always a command spoken with authority got results. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
Yes, there she comes with beaked prow, projecting ram, castellated cabin, and great oars sweeping the silver sea. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
Lancaster gulped, shifting his feet and looking awkwardly at the small gray-feathered body and the beaked owl-face. From Wordnik.com. [Security] Reference
Then, with a swift movement he was in the midst of wildly flapping wings, clubbing fiercely at crimson-beaked heads. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
The face was that of the Grand-Duke Stepan; his beaked nose, his grey, upturned mustache, his eyes small and crossed. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Cross] Reference
Semitic in type he looked, with his eagle-beaked nose and prominent cheek bones, but the blue of his eyes was English. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
She's already thinned her eyebrows and beaked out the top of her nose for Queen Liz, though that's as far as she's got. From Wordnik.com. [No Great Magic] Reference
A much larger pterodactyl, far above, glided gracefully over a cliff, and out to sea, its long, beaked head turning watchfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
Not because of his eyes, the eyes of a bird but because he is beaked, bird-like, to do an injury, has the turtle attracted you. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks At Millennium Lecture Series] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.