rostra

ros·trum

R0313000 (rŏs′trəm, rô′strəm)n. pl. ros·trums or ros·tra (rŏs′trə, rô′strə) 1. A dais, pulpit, or other elevated platform for public speaking.2. a. The curved, beaklike prow of an ancient Roman ship, especially a war galley.b. The speaker's platform in an ancient Roman forum, which was decorated with the prows of captured enemy ships.3. Biology A beaklike projection, especially:a. An anterior projection of an insect's or an arachnid's mouthparts, of the upper jaw of a cetacean, or of the cephalothorax of a crustacean.b. A beaklike projection of a plant part, as the fruit of a geranium.

[Latin rōstrum, beak; see rēd- in Indo-European roots.]

Rostra

in ancient Rome, an orator’s tribune at the forum, decorated with the prows of enemy ships seized by the Romans at Anzio in 338 B.C. during the second Latin war (340–338 B. C.). The rostra was restored under Augustus and decorated with the prows of ships of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII following the defeat of her fleet in the battle of Actium (31 B.C.).

单词	rostra
释义	rostra ros·trum R0313000 (rŏs′trəm, rô′strəm)n. pl. ros·trums or ros·tra (rŏs′trə, rô′strə) 1. A dais, pulpit, or other elevated platform for public speaking.2. a. The curved, beaklike prow of an ancient Roman ship, especially a war galley.b. The speaker's platform in an ancient Roman forum, which was decorated with the prows of captured enemy ships.3. Biology A beaklike projection, especially:a. An anterior projection of an insect's or an arachnid's mouthparts, of the upper jaw of a cetacean, or of the cephalothorax of a crustacean.b. A beaklike projection of a plant part, as the fruit of a geranium. [Latin rōstrum, beak; see rēd- in Indo-European roots.] Rostra Rostra in ancient Rome, an orator’s tribune at the forum, decorated with the prows of enemy ships seized by the Romans at Anzio in 338 B.C. during the second Latin war (340–338 B. C.). The rostra was restored under Augustus and decorated with the prows of ships of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII following the defeat of her fleet in the battle of Actium (31 B.C.). MedicalSeerostrum
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