Definition of rostral

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Rostral (a.) Of or pertaining to the beak or snout of an animal, or the beak of a ship; resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or their decorations..

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Dentirostrate :: Dentirostrate (a.) Dentirostral.
Brevirostral :: Brevirostral (a.) Alt. of Brevirostrat.
Fissirostral :: Fissirostral (a.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers..
Latirostral :: Latirostral (a.) Alt. of Latirostrou.
Serratirostral :: Serratirostral (a.) Having a toothed bill, like that of a toucan..
Longirostral :: Longirostral (a.) Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the Longirostres.
Tenuirostral :: Tenuirostral (a.) Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds..
Recurvirostral :: Recurvirostral (a.) Having the beak bent upwards.
Curvirostral :: Curvirostral (a.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill..
Rostral :: Rostral (a.) Of or pertaining to the beak or snout of an animal, or the beak of a ship; resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or their decorations..
Dentirostral :: Dentirostral (a.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak..
Lamellirostral :: Lamellirostral (a.) Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese..
Conirostral :: Conirostral (a.) Belonging to the Conirostres.
Cultirostral :: Cultirostral (a.) Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc..
Rectirostral :: Rectirostral (a.) Having a straight beak.
Dentiroster :: Dentiroster (n.) A dentirostral bird.
Pressirostral :: Pressirostral (a.) Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.
Sifter :: Sifter (n.) Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell/ of the beak..
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