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as in mouth
the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering the cardinal has a black face and a noticeable bright red neb

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as in nose
the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity with her round glasses perched on her small neb, the librarian certainly presents an owlish appearance

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Noun
  • Arora’s big bet helped attract us to Palo Alto Networks for the first time, realizing that the executive was quite literally putting his money where his mouth was.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Saini, a Harvard Medical School graduate, said the main symptoms of chemo mouth are red, swollen and painful sores in the mouth, also known as oral mucositis.
    Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Measles symptoms typically appear one to two weeks after exposure, and include fever, cough, runny nose, and rash, as well as red, watery eyes.
    Ivana Saric, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, nose bleeds and fatigue.
    Jordan King, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This bike's fairing is less angular, and the cowling doesn't flow as naturally into the rest of the bodywork, but the signature round headlight is there, and thankfully Enfield eschews the beak that seems to have been requisite on adventure bikes for so many years.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Among their notable characteristics, these fish have a parrot-like beak and can inflate their bodies by swallowing mouthfuls of water as a defense mechanism against predators.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The new species’ common name refers to its distinctive snout.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
  • By Issy Ronald |, CNN Momentarily pausing after eating some mealworms, an elusive shrew’s long snout pointed skywards, unaware of the historic portrait that had just been captured.
    CNN.com, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • These high-confidence marks were located on four tibiae, one mandible, one humerus, and two long bone fragments.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
  • With dodging, cricket fled in a circular movement that put the crickets behind the ants to avoid their deadly mandibles.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2025
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  • Medicaid pays for 6 out of 10 of residents in nursing homes, with 5.6 million Americans counting on Medicaid for their long-term care bills.
    Nik Popli / Washington, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Over the weekend, Republican Rep. Vicki Lopez, filed HB 913 — a 99-page bill refining the condominium laws that have been the subject of every legislative session since the Surfside tragedy.
    Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Neb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neb. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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