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neb

/nɛb/ symbol

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  1. ISO 639-3 language code for Toura.

noun

  1. A bird's beak.
  2. A person's mouth.
  3. A person's nose.

noun

  1. Clipping of nebulizer.

Origin

From Middle English neb, from Old English nebb (“beak, nose, face”), from Proto-Germanic *nabją (“beak, nose”). Cognate with Danish næb, Dutch neb, German Schnabel, Old Norse nef, Swedish näbb, Swedish regional näv.

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