rostrate

Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.

Adjective

  1. Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.
  2. Furnished or adorned with beaks.
    • 'a rostrate pillar

Origin

From Latin rostratus, from rostrum (“beak”).

Forms

more rostrate most rostrate

Synonyms

beaky

Derived

birostrate brevirostrate erostrate rostrated rostrately subrostrate

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