Definition of nebnext
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as in mouth
the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering the cardinal has a black face and a noticeable bright red neb

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as in nose
the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity with her round glasses perched on her small neb, the librarian certainly presents an owlish appearance

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Noun
  • Her boyfriend tried to get her out of the alligator’s mouth, officials said.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • Four meals a day, and 61 mouths to feed.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Cook County animal control also reminded pet owners that animals with short coats, or with white or tan fur, are more susceptible to sunburbn, especially on their noses.
    Darius Johnson, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • The nose is designed to help break up the shockwaves that are typically created when an aircraft flies faster than the speed of sound.
    Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • For instance, Puerto Rican anole lizards have developed longer limbs and larger toe pads for city life, and house finches show adapted beaks.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Vittore and Strmic take about half as much time, Ruddell even less, putting his leather beak mask on at the very last minute.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • With their snouts, the pigs would feel each beat of my heart the way a human would feel a silver dollar that had been flipped in the air then caught in an open palm, flipped and caught, coming up heads or tails, whichever side had been called when the coin was at its apogee.
    Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • With those personal details out of the way, the app asks the user to identify the dog’s breed, snout description, and coat type (single, double, or hairless), as well as what her typical daily activity looks like.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • That same year, DNA analysis revealed that a tooth recovered from a mandible at one of the relevant archaeological sites was that of Captain James Fitzjames of the HMS Erebus.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
  • By March, crews found the mandible of an adult man, followed within days by the ribs of a young adult.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
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  • Days after Miller shared details about the car accident, which occurred north of Joplin, Missouri, a GoFundMe was set up to pay for hospital bills.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • But the Republican budget bill incorporated cuts to food stamps — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — that have driven some 4 million people off the program.
    Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
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“Neb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neb. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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