Толковый словарь английского языка - rostrum
Rostrum
rostrum
noun (plural rostra or ~s) see: rodent Date: 1542 1. Latin Rostra, plural, a platform for speakers in the Roman Forum decorated with the beaks of captured ships, from plural of ~] an ancient Roman platform for public orators, a stage for public speaking, a raised platform on a stage, the curved end of a ship's prow, a bodily part or process suggesting a bird's bill: as, the beak, snout, or proboscis of any of various insects or arachnids, the often spinelike anterior median prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean (as a crayfish or lobster)
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n. (pl. rostra or rostrums) 1 a a platform for public speaking. b a conductor's platform facing the orchestra. c a similar platform for other purposes, e.g. for supporting a film or television camera. 2 Zool. & Bot. a beak, stiff snout, or beaklike part, esp. of an insect or arachnid. 3 Rom. Antiq. the beak of a war-galley. Derivatives (all in sense 2) rostrate adj. rostriferous adj. rostriform adj. Etymology: L, = beak f. rodere ros- gnaw: orig. rostra (pl., in sense 1a) in the Roman forum adorned with beaks of captured galleys ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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