rostrate

[ ros-treyt ]

adjective

1. furnished with a rostrum.

rostrate

/ ˈrɒsˌtreɪt /

adjective

1. biology having a beak or beaklike process

Word History and Origins

Origin of rostrate¹

1350–1400; < Latin rōstrātus having a beak, curved at the end, equivalent to rōstr ( um ) rostrum + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg