small beak
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Refers to the overall size of a bird's beak being not large.
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- The finch has a small, conical beak ideal for cracking open seeds.
- We identified the bird as a warbler due to its thin, small beak.
- A chickadee's small beak is surprisingly strong for its size.
- The fledgling, with its tiny body and even smaller beak, chirped for its mother.
- How can a bird with such a small beak make such a loud sound?
- Unlike parrots, sparrows have a small beak and cannot mimic human speech.
- The drawing detailed every feather and the bird's delicate, small beak.
- Its diet consists of tiny insects that it skillfully catches with its small beak.
- The biologist noted that this species had evolved a smaller beak over the centuries.
- A bird with a very small beak would have difficulty eating large nuts.