rostrum

1. n. The beak or head of a ship. Source: opted

2. n. The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators. Source: opted

3. n. Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker. Source: opted

4. n. Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds. Source: opted

5. n. The beak, or sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera. Source: opted

6. n. The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina. Source: opted

7. n. The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn. Source: opted

8. n. Same as Rostellum. Source: opted

9. n. The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic. Source: opted

10. n. A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form. Source: opted

11. n. a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it Source: wordnet

12. n. beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils Source: wordnet

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