beak

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La partie dure et pointue de la bouche d’un oiseau, servant à saisir la nourriture et d’autres choses.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : bill

Expressions courantes : bird beak, sharp beak, in its beak, curved beak

poulaine

Une partie dépassant à l’avant d’un ancien voilier, fixée sous le pont avant.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : beakhead

Expressions courantes : ship beak, carved beak, wooden beak