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ros⋅trate

  [ros-treyt]
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–adjective
furnished with a rostrum.
Also, ros⋅trat⋅ed.

Origin:
1350–1400; < L rōstrātus having a beak, curved at the end, equiv. to rōstr(um) rostrum + -ātus -ate 1
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ros·trate   (rŏs'trāt', -trĭt, rô'strāt', -strĭt)   
adj.  Having a beaklike part.

[Latin rōstrātus, from rōstrum, beak; see rostrum.]
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rostrate ros·trate (rŏs'trāt', -trĭt)
adj.
Having a beaklike part.

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