rostrate

English

Etymology

From Latin rostratus, from rostrum (“beak”).

Adjective

rostrate (comparative more rostrate, superlative most rostrate)

1. Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.
2. Furnished or adorned with beaks.

   'a rostrate pillar

Synonyms

• See beaky

Derived terms

• birostrate
• erostrate
• subrostrate

References

• “rostrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Adjective

rōstrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of rōstrātus