Noun
beak; bill
Usually written using kana alone
きつつきは、長く尖ったくちばしで、木の幹をつついて、中にいる虫を食べます。Woodpeckers peck tree trunks with their long pointed beaks and eat insects found there.
Also written 觜【はし】、喙【くちばし】
6 results for *喙*
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交喙イスカ
Nouncommon crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
容喙ようかい
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbinterference; meddling
烏喙骨うかいこつ
Nouncoracoid
いすかの嘴いすかのはし
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'(something) not coming together (as one had hoped or expected); unfortunate turn of events; unexpected turn; (a) crossbill's beak (which has differently shaped upper and lower parts)
くちばしを入れるくちばしをいれる
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verbto meddle (e.g. in a conversation); to butt in; to interfere; to interrupt