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rostrum::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | snout |
| Type of | nose, olfactory organ |
Examples of rostrum
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Their behavior, along with the rostrum, made them especially vulnerable to nets.
From the chron.com
The front margin of the rostrum is cast back between the left and right corners.
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The rostrum and staircases were of walnut, the doorknobs and fittings of brass.
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When I'm on the rostrum, I don't feel at all like I'm getting something from you.
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Finally he achieved the rostrum once held by Clay and Cannon, Clark and Longworth.
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The right was battered at the rostrum in three days of bitter and derisive debate.
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But others said keeping elected officials off the rostrum smacked of politics.
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The worst thing for anyone is not to have your moment, not standing on the rostrum.
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This time, stubby Nikita Khrushchev stepped to the rostrum, his bald head gleaming.
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- Dais: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
- Snout: beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
- A rostrum (Latin for "beak") is an anatomical structure resembling a bird's beak, such as the snout of a crocodile or dolphin or the foremost extension of a crustacean's carapace. Since the rostrum is typically located about the thorax of an arthropod, it is differentiated from the cauda or tail.
- A ram bow or rostrum (Latin for 'beak' or 'prow') is form of bow on naval ships which allows one ship to attack another by crashing into it at high speed. ...
- The National Forensic League is a non-partisan, non-profit educational honor society established to encourage and motivate American high school students to participate in and become proficient in the forensic arts: debate, public speaking and interpretation. ...
- A dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor or other performer; A platform for a film or television camera; The projecting prow of a rowed warship, such as a trireme; The beak shaped projection on the head of insects such as weevils; The snout of a dolphin
- The structure formed by the forward-projecting parts of the jaws in some marine mammals. The "nose" of the bottlenose dolphin is actually a rostrum. It really isn't a "nose" at all, since the nasal passages don't come anywhere near it.
- Any beaklike prolongation, especially of the head of an animal. In various marine mammals, the rostrum is commonly referred to as the "beak" or "snout."
- The beak, projection, or extension of the snout of an animal.
