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ROSTRATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rostrate mean?
• ROSTRATE (adjective)
The adjective ROSTRATE has 1 sense:
1. having a beak or beaklike snout or proboscis
Familiarity information: ROSTRATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a beak or beaklike snout or proboscis
Similar:
beaked (having or resembling a beak)
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