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rostrate

American  
[ros-treyt] / ˈrɒs treɪt /
Often rostrated

adjective

  1. furnished with a rostrum.

rostrate British  
/ ˈrɒsˌtreɪt /

adjective

  1. biology having a beak or beaklike process

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Etymology

Origin of rostrate

1350–1400; < Latin rōstrātus having a beak, curved at the end, equivalent to rōstr ( um ) rostrum + -ātus -ate 1

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Promuscis: an extended mouth structure: has been applied to the long tongue of bees and to the rostrate structure in Hemiptera.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

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