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rostrate

Often Dz·ٰ·

[ros-treyt]

adjective

  1. furnished with a rostrum.

rostrate

/ ˈɒˌٰɪ /

adjective

  1. biology having a beak or beaklike process

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rostrate1

1350–1400; < Latin ōٰٳܲ having a beak, curved at the end, equivalent to ōٰ ( um ) rostrum + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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Example Sentences

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Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate.

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Promuscis: an extended mouth structure: has been applied to the long tongue of bees and to the rostrate structure in Hemiptera.

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