rostrum : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rostrum	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for rostrum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rostrum n a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it Synonym(s): dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils Synonym(s): snout, rostrum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rostrum \Ros"trum\ (-tr[ucr]m), n.; pl. L. {Rostra}, E. {Rostrums}. [L., beak, ship's beak, fr. rodere, rosum, to gnaw. See {Rodent}.] 1. The beak or head of a ship.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snout \Snout\ (snout), n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw. snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. sn[?]ta to blow the nose; probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. {Snite}, {Snot}, {Snuff}.] 1. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine. 2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt. --Hudibras. 3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc. 4. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also {rostrum}. (b) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles. {Snout beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of beetles having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe Rhynchophora; a weevil. {Snout moth} (Zo[94]l.), any pyralid moth. See {Pyralid}.