Sentence examples for base of the beak from inspiring English sources

Bottlenose whale, any of four species of beaked whales distinguished by a bulbous forehead that drops sharply to the base of the beak.

Adults are sometimes mistaken for African penguins (Spheniseus demersus), which display a small fleshy region over each eye, or Humboldt penguins (S. humboldti), whose fleshy region encompasses the base of the beak and both eyes.

The base of the beak and the skull are separated by a bit of flexible, spongy cartilage, which acts as a shock absorber and helps cushion repeated blows.

Also, a ridged surface appears at the base of the beak, indicating the position of the caruncular ridge, which Leguat described as a "widow's peak".

A black band (a contemporary description described it as a "frontlet") appeared on its head just behind the base of the beak.

The pencil sketch depicts the crest as a tuft of rounded feathers attached to the front of the head at the base of the beak, and shows long primary covert feathers, large secondary feathers, and a slightly bifurcated tail.

Apart from having the basic drive to deconstruct the frame of the screen, kea select stimuli by touching them with the base or tip of the beak, with the tongue or even with the feet.

We calculated the beak orientation within the horizontal plane from the position data of the base and the tip of the beak to estimate gaze direction (see Discussion for the problem of "gaze direction" in birds).

It was a little grebe and I was close enough to see the tiny yellow patch at the base of its small beak.

Juveniles of the species resemble adults but for the base of their beaks being yellow, proportionately shorter, and their overall coloring being less vibrant.

The length of the skull is estimated at 87 centimeters (34 in) from the tip of the upper beak to the base of the quadrate that articulates with the lower jaw at the back of the skull.