ROSTRATE

rostrate

(adjective) having a beak or beaklike snout or proboscis

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

rostrate (comparative more rostrate, superlative most rostrate)

Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.

Furnished or adorned with beaks.

Synonyms

See beaky

Source: Wiktionary


Ros"trate, Ros"tra*ted, a. Etym: [L. rostratus, fr. rostrum a beak. See Rostrum.]

1. Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.

2. Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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