Neb

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  neb
       n 1: a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's
            head; especially the nose [syn: {snout}]
       2: horny projecting mouth of a bird [syn: {beak}, {bill}, {nib},
           {pecker}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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