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Meaning of ROSTRATE

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[adj]  having a beak or beaklike snout or proboscis
 

ROSTRATE is a 8 letter word that starts with R.

 

 Synonyms: beaked
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ros"trate\, Rostrated \Ros"tra*ted\, a. [L. rostratus,
fr. rostrum a beak. See {Rostrum}.]
1. Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked;
   rostellate.

2. Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys.

 

 

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