rostrate

adj — 2 senses

rostrate

adj

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

1

Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.

2

Furnished or adorned with beaks.

  • 'a rostrate pillar
Synonyms
beaky
Derived terms
birostrate, brevirostrate, erostrate, rostrated, rostrately, subrostrate

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