ROSTRUM (rostra)

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Irregular inflected form: rostra   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does rostrum mean? 

• ROSTRUM (noun)
  The noun ROSTRUM has 2 senses:

1. a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

2. beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils

  Familiarity information: ROSTRUM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROSTRUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ambo; dais; podium; pulpit; rostrum; soapbox; stump

Hypernyms ("rostrum" is a kind of...):

platform (a raised horizontal surface)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

rostrum; snout

Hypernyms ("rostrum" is a kind of...):

nose; olfactory organ (the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals)

 Context examples 

The main neocortical commissure of the cerebral hemispheres; it is subdivided into a genu, a rostrum, a body, and a splenium.

(Corpus Callosum, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)