4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rostrum \Ros"trum\ (-tr[u^]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["o]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["o]l.), any one of many species of beetles
having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe
Rhynchophora; a weevil.
{Snout moth} (Zo["o]l.), any pyralid moth. See {Pyralid}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rostrum
n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give
prominence to the person on it [syn: {dais}, {podium}, {pulpit},
{ambo}, {stump}, {soapbox}]
2: beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of
certain insects such as e.g. weevils [syn: {snout}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In
America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically
expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble.
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