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Animal Structures > Beak

Preferred term

Beak  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Avian Bill
  • Avian Bills
  • Bill, Avian
  • Bills, Avian

Note

  • not restricted to birds

Scope note

  • In some animals, the jaws together with their horny covering. The beak usually refers to the bill of birds in which the whole varies greatly in form according of the food and habits of the bird. While the beak refers most commonly to birds, the anatomical counterpart is found also in the turtle, squid, and octopus. (From Webster, 3d ed & Storer, et al., General Zoology, 6th ed, p491, 755)

History note

  • 68

In other languages

  • nokka

    Finnish

  • kuono
  • kärsä
  • rostrum
  • Näbb

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001502

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