beak

beak

CEFR: C1-C2 /beak/ [b.iy1.k]

Definition: A bird’s horny projecting jaws; the horny projecting jaw of animals other than birds, for example a turtle or squid.

Example Sentences:
As a trombone player pulls in the slide to make a higher frequency sound by reducing the volume of the tube, so does a bird open its beak and pull back its head to reduce the volume of its vocal tract.