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becco
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struttura cornea esterna della bocca di alcuni animali
A beak is a hard, external mouth structure found primarily in birds, used for eating, grasping objects, fighting, preening, and caring for young. Similar beak-like structures also appear in some other animals including pterosaurs, cetaceans, and monotremes, and the variety of beak shapes across species reflects adaptations to different feeding methods.
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Research
3,505 papers- The "double beak sign" on CT.ReviewAbdominal radiology (New York) · 2021Metcalfe AM, DiSantis DJ, Alexander LFDOI: 10.1007/s00261-020-02814-x
- Molecular Innovations Shaping Beak Morphology in Birds.ReviewAnnual review of animal biosciences · 2025Cheng Y, Miller MJ, Lei FDOI: 10.1146/annurev-animal-030424-074906
- Beak morphometry and morphogenesis across avian radiations.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Mosleh S, Choi GPT, Musser GM et al.DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0420
- Cellular, Molecular, and Genetic Mechanisms of Avian Beak Development and Evolution.ReviewAnnual review of genetics · 2024Schneider RADOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-111523-101929
- From snout to beak: the loss of teeth in birds.ReviewTrends in ecology & evolution · 2011Louchart A, Viriot LDOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.09.004
- Orbital impalement by ballyhoo fish beak.Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2022Patton AM, Turbin RE, Mirani N et al.DOI: 10.1080/01676830.2021.1872092
- Psittacine beak and feather disease in 2 free-living great green macaws: a case report and literature review.ReviewJournal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2025Olivares RWI, Bass LG, Sáenz-Bräutigam A et al.DOI: 10.1177/10406387251333410
- Development, structure, and protein composition of the corneous beak in turtles.ReviewAnatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2021Alibardi LDOI: 10.1002/ar.24604
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Il becco (talvolta detto anche rostro o ranfoteca) è una struttura cornea esterna della bocca di alcuni animali. È una caratteristica distintiva degli uccelli e, oltre ad essere adoperata per l'alimentazione, è utilizzata anche per nettare il piumaggio, manipolare oggetti, uccidere le prede, corteggiare il partner e alimentare i pulcini. Oltre che negli uccelli, un becco è presente anche nei cheloni, nei monotremi (ornitorinco ed echidna), in alcuni cefalopodi (polpi, calamari), e in alcune specie di lucertole e vermi.
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