rostrate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having a beak or beaklike snout or proboscis

WordNet

Ros"trate, Ros"tra*ted adjective (Also<
  • Rostrate
  • Rostrated
)
Etymology
L. rostratus, fr. rostrum a beak. See Rostrum.
Definitions
  1. Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.
  2. Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys.

Webster 1913