Rostrum ¹

Definition: The beak or head of a ship.

Rostrum ²

Definition: The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators.

Rostrum ³

Definition: Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker.

Rostrum ⁴

Definition: Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds.

Rostrum ⁵

Definition: The beak, or sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera.

Rostrum ⁶

Definition: The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina.

Rostrum ⁷

Definition: The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn.

Rostrum ⁸

Definition: Same as Rostellum.

Rostrum ⁹

Definition: The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic.

Rostrum ¹⁰

Definition: A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form.

rostrum ¹¹

Definition: beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils

rostrum ¹²

Definition: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it