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rostrated, a.|ˈrɒstreɪtɪd|
[See prec. and -ed.]
1. = rostral a. 2; also of a galley, having a beak.
1705Arbuthnot Coins, etc. (1727) 249 He brought to Italy an hundred and ten rostrated Galleys of the Fleet of Mithridates. 1796Morse Amer. Geogr. II. 424 The rostrated column erected by Duillius. 1832Examiner 324/2 With Roman temples and rostrated columns at the side scenes. 1839Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. II. 104 The rostrated decorations of the pedestal..proclaim it at once to be a naval trophy.
2. = rostrate a. 2.
1771Encycl. Brit. II. 42/1 The antheræ are rostrated and barren. 1819G. Samouelle Entom. Compendium 230 Front as if truncated, vertical, not rostrated. 1849Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. 370 Head rostrated. 1866R. Tate Brit. Mollusks iv. 71 The jaw of Arion hortensis contrasts strongly with the smooth rostrated jaw of Limax.
b. In specific names of fishes, etc.
1797Shaw Naturalist's Misc. IX. pl. 304 The Rostrated whale.., Blackish sharp-snouted whale. c1800Ibid. XIV. pl. 586 The Rostrated Gymnotus:..Long-snouted Gymnotus. 1803― Gen. Zool. IV. ii. 337 Rostrated chætodon. Ibid. 401 Rostrated scarus. |