Having a beak or beak-like projection; shaped like or resembling a bird's beak.
From beak (origin uncertain, possibly from Old French 'bec' or Celtic sources) combined with the adjective suffix -ed. The term has been used since medieval times to describe animals and objects with beak-shaped features.
Some of the scariest prehistoric squid fossils show enormous beaked suckers—these creatures had parrot-like beaks made of hardened chitin that could bite through armor!
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