rostrate
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin rostratus, from rostrum (“beak”).
Adjective edit
rostrate (comparative more rostrate, superlative most rostrate)
- Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.
- Furnished or adorned with beaks.
- a rostrate pillar
Synonyms edit
- See beaky
Derived terms edit
References edit
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “rostrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin edit
Adjective edit
rōstrāte