beaklike

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adjective

Resembling a beak.

“a beaklike nose”

Similar
beakishbeakybeaked
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English beak →
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Meanings

adjectivebeaklike (comparative more beaklike, superlative most beaklike)

comparative more beaklike · superlative most beaklike

  1. Resembling a beak.

    a beaklike nose

    1 more example

    The remaining works concentrate mostly on sketchy pictures of hairless creatures with elongated beaklike and sometimes trunklike noses.

    2009 January 2, Roberta Smith, “Widely Known for Obscurity”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: beakish, beaky

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveResembling a beak.

Similar
beakishbeaky

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveresembling the beak of a bird

Similar
beaked
Also see
beakedbeakishbeaky

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishbeak
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishbeaklike

From beak + -like.

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APA

beaklike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beaklike

MLA

“beaklike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beaklike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beaklike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beaklike.

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