˜yÐÄvlog

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rostrate

[ ros-treyt ]

adjective

  1. furnished with a rostrum.

rostrate

/ ˈ°ùÉ’²õËŒ³Ù°ù±ðɪ³Ù /

adjective

  1. biology having a beak or beaklike process
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rostrate1

1350–1400; < Latin °ùŲõ³Ù°ùÄå³Ù³Ü²õ having a beak, curved at the end, equivalent to °ùŲõ³Ù°ù ( um ) rostrum + -Äå³Ù³Ü²õ -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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