Complete Definition of "beccal"

English
Etymology
From Latin beccus �beak�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /'b�k�l/

Adjective
beccal

  1. pertaining to a beak or bill

#:*1997: It faced me�its ominous Beak crank�d open�it quack�d, its eye holding a certain gleam, and began to speak, in a curious Accent, inflected heavily with linguo-beccal Fricatives� (Pynchon, Mason & Dixon)

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