Search Result for "neb":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose;
[syn: snout, neb]
2. horny projecting mouth of a bird;
[syn: beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Neb \Neb\ (n[e^]b), n. [AS. nebb head, face; akin to D. neb, Icel. nef, beak of a bird, nose, Dan. naeb beak, bill, Sw. n[aum]bb, n[aum]f, and prob. also to D. sneb, snavel, bill, beak, G. schnabel, Dan. & Sw. snabel, and E. snap. Cf. Nib, Snap, Snaffle.] The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen. [Also written nib.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "neb": aculeus, acumination, antlia, auger, beak, beezer, bill, bit, borer, bugle, conk, cusp, drill, mucro, muffle, muzzle, nares, needle, nib, nose, nostrils, nozzle, olfactory organ, pecker, point, prick, prickle, proboscis, rhinarium, rostrum, schnozzle, smeller, snoot, snout, sting, tip, trunk
