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Parrot's beak

noun

Evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers; New Zealand. Synonyms: Clianthus puniceus, parrot's bill.

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... Kirby?" Stein peered at him over a pair of old-fashioned, steel-bowed spectacles which perched on his sharp parrot's beak of a nose. ...

— Rebel Spurs • Andre Norton

... of the fairy-tale is bad enough, but, for evil looks, the Octopus is worse still. With his tough, brownish skin, knobbed like the toad's back, his large staring eyes, his parrot's beak, and ugly bag of a body, the Octopus is a horrid-looking creature. Add to this eight long arms twisting and writhing like snakes, and you have an idea of the most hideous inhabitant of ...

— Within the Deep - Cassell's "Eyes And No Eyes" Series, Book VIII. • R. Cadwallader Smith

Words linked to "Parrot's beak" : clianthus, parrot's bill, Clianthus puniceus, glory pea