rostrate adjective.
['rɒstrǝt] LME.[Latin rostratus, formed as ROSTRUM: see -ATE2.]1. Curved like a bird's beak: designating the coracoid process of the scapula. Only in
LME.2. =
ROSTRAL adjective 2. Only in
17.3. a. Botany. Bearing an elongated process like a bird's beak.
E19.b. Zoology. Having a rostrum; terminating in a rostrum.
E19. ■ ro'strated adjective (a) =
ROSTRAL adjective 2; also, (of an ancient warship) having a beak-head;
(b) =
ROSTRATE adjective 3:
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