a stage for public speaking
a raised platform on a stage
a platform supporting a film or television camera
a body part, e.g. an insect's snout or beak, shaped like a bird's bill
rostral adj
Latin rostrum beak, ship's beak, from rodere to gnaw. The word, in the plural rostra, was originally applied to a platform for public speakers in the forum in Rome, which was decorated with the beaks of captured ships