beak

pico

Parte dura y puntiaguda de la boca de un ave, con la que recoge comida y otras cosas.

En inglés sencillo: The hard, pointed part of a bird's mouth, used to pick up food and other things.

• The bird has a yellow beak.
• A robin carried a worm in its beak.
• The ducks dipped their beaks into the water.

Sinónimos: bill

Expresiones frecuentes: bird beak, sharp beak, in its beak, curved beak

beque

Parte que sobresale por delante de un antiguo velero, fijada debajo de la cubierta delantera.

En inglés sencillo: A part projecting from the front of an old sailing ship, attached below the forward deck.

• The ship had a wooden beak.
• Carved figures decorated the beak below the forward deck.
• The model shows how the beak attached to the ship's stem.

Sinónimos: beakhead

Expresiones frecuentes: ship beak, carved beak, wooden beak