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Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
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The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.
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The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
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The byssus of certain shellfish.
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The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.
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In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
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Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn.
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the beard of grain
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A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
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The curved underside of an axehead, extending from the lower end of the cutting edge to the axehandle.
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That part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
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That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
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A fake customer or companion, especially a woman who accompanies a gay man in order to give the impression that he is heterosexual.