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  • The maguey, with its bill-shaped claws, had torn our uniform overalls to shreds.

    The Rifle Rangers Mayne Reid 1850

  • COIMBATORE: The juicy, delicious Alphonsos and the parrot bill-shaped Thothapuris are likely to be dearer this summer as crops have failed in Tamil Nadus mango orchards of Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri.

    The Times of India 2010

  • Mostly, though, it simply hangs on a nail on the bit of wall between the living room and kitchen, accompanied by the duck bill-shaped quacking whistle I purchased from the DUCK tour stand in Baltimore.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2010

  • Mostly, though, it simply hangs on a nail on the bit of wall between the living room and kitchen, accompanied by the duck bill-shaped quacking whistle I purchased from the DUCK tour stand in Baltimore.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2010

  • At issue is a "sound mark," the auditory equivalent of a trademark, which Ride the Ducks says it holds on a quack created by a yellow bill-shaped kazoo (called a Wacky Quacker) and which it says Bay Quackers has violated by using a similar kazoo that creates an identical quack.

    The Clog 2009

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