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rostral
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rostral \Ros"tral\, a. [L. rostralis, fr. rostrum a beak; cf. F. rostral.] Of or pertaining to the beak or snout of an animal, or the beak of a ship; resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or their decorations.
[Monuments] adorned with rostral crowns and naval
ornaments.
--Addison.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, from Late Latin rostralis, from Latin rostrum "beak" (see rostrum).
Wiktionary
a. 1 In the direction of the rostrum. 2 (context anatomy English) In the direction that a rostrum would have been located. 3 Serving as a rostrum. n. A scale in reptiles on the median plate of the tip of the snout that borders the mouth opening.
Wikipedia
Rostral may refer to:
- Anatomical location or direction, towards the rostrum (a beak-like structure).
- Rostral bone, in ceratopsian dinosaurs
- Rostral column, a monumental scaled column, frequently decorated with ship bows
- Rostral scale, in scaled reptiles
- Rostral organ, in coelacanths and anchovies
Usage examples of "rostral".
The same sort of diversification according to habitat preferences seems to have been the fate of the horned dinosaurs, a group characterized by such features as huge heads and pointed rostral bones or beaks.
Some sort of win, thought Marcus Tullius Cicero as he descended the rostral steps and held out his arms to Atticus.
Hermitage and across the Palace Bridge on to the eastern point of Vasilyostrovsky Island, with the two red Rostral columns to our right, before crossing the river once more.
The absence of the rostral knob would preclude its being a king vulture.
The bends of his hat's brim answered to his rostral face and the slant of its asymmetries.