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rostrate


rostrate [ros-treyt] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

  1. furnished with a rostrum.

Often ros·trat·ed. Origin of rostrate 1350–1400; Latin rōstrātus having a beak, curved at the end, equivalent to rōstr(um) rostrum + -ātus -ate1 Examples from the Web for rostrate Historical Examples of rostrate

  • Rostrate, bearing a beak (Rostrum) or a prolonged appendage.

    The Elements of Botany

    Asa Gray

  • Promuscis: an extended mouth structure: has been applied to the long tongue of bees and to the rostrate structure in Hemiptera.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology

    John. B. Smith

  • Rostrate: the head, when it has a long protraction bearing the mouth parts.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology

    John. B. Smith

  • Valve lanceolate, with produced or rostrate apices; pseudo-nodule wide, excentric.

    The Diatomaceae of Philadelphia and Vicinity

    Charles Sumner Boyer

  • Valve linear with rostrate apices; cost robust; stri delicate, 20 in 10 .

    The Diatomaceae of Philadelphia and Vicinity

    Charles Sumner Boyer

  • British Dictionary definitions for rostrate rostrate adjective

    1. biology having a beak or beaklike process

    rostrate in Medicine rostrate [rŏs′trāt′, -trĭt] adj.

    1. Having a beaklike part.
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