rostratedadj.
/rɒˈstreɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈrɔˌstreɪdᵻd/, /ˈrɑˌstreɪdᵻd/ 1. Chiefly Ancient History. Of a warship: having a beakhead or beaked prow. In extended use: (esp. of columns) decorated with representations of such beakheads; = rostral adj. 2.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [adjective] > with beak (of galley)
rostrated1674
beaky1718
beaked1870
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [adjective] > specific type
rostral1686
rostrated1796
lotiform1841
palmiform1916
1674 J. Evelyn Navigation & Commerce 31 Their first Expedition by Sea, was under Appius Claudius..and his Collegue, with an hundred Rostrated Vessels, and 75 Gallies.
1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins 249 He brought to Italy an hundred and ten rostrated Galleys of the Fleet of Mithridates.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 2 424 The rostrated column erected by Duillius.
1832 Examiner 20 May 324/2 With Roman temples and rostrated columns at the side scenes.
1893 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 729 Take from the gondola the ‘felse’ or hood, and the rostrated stem, and the remainder is practically the kaik.
1905 R. Capalozza tr. F. Sabatini Guide of Rome & Environs 165 On the first floor there is a copy of a rostrated column erected by Duilius, to commemorate the naval victory of Mile (361 BC).
1994 Winterthur Portfolio 29 251/2 This very rare form was revived in the eighteenth century when Giovanni Battista Piranesi populated his fantastic visions of antique cities with colossal rostrated columns.
2002 C. F. Manfredi tr. V. M. Manfredi Spartan (2007) v. 101 The population of the coast saw..the long rostrated ships of Halicarnassus,..Cyprus, and Phocaea, advancing majestically with unfurled sails.
2.
a. Botany and (now chiefly) Zoology. = rostrate adj. 3.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > having a beak-like part
rostrated1753
rostrate1799
beaked1830
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Scandyx The common scandyx with rostrated seeds.
1771 Encycl. Brit. II. 42/1 The antheræ are rostrated and barren.
1802 Naturalist's Pocket Mag. 4 at Great Lanthorn-Fly The Rostrated Insects; or such as have a tube, or instrument of suction, lying flat beneath the breast.
1866 R. Tate Plain & Easy Acct. Mollusks Great Brit. iv. 71 The jaw of Arion hortensis contrasts strongly with the smooth rostrated jaw of Limax.
1903 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 29 137 Mouth not rostrated, no anal space to the hind wings.
1979 Brittonia 31 137 Large rostrated fruits having a thick outer pericarp.
2002 Jrnl. Paleontol. 76 45/2 Shell medium large, elongate.., very rostrated and tapering posteriorly.
b. In the names of particular species of animal. Now rare.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having a snout > of the beak > having a beak
billed1399
rostrous1651
rostrated1797
beak-bearing1830
rostriferous1852
beaked1869
1797 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist’s Misc. IX. pl. 304 The Rostrated whale.., Blackish sharp-snouted whale.
?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. XII. 699 The Rostrated Snake..is particularly distinguished by the length of its muzzle.
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxii. 152 Broad-nosed whales and beaked whales;..under-jawed whales and rostrated whales, are the fishermen's names for a few sorts.
1862 J. Richardson Mus. Nat. Hist. ccxxxviii/1 This is the Zeus vomer of Linnaeus, Rostrated Dory of Mitchill, and Rostrated Argyreiosus of DeKay.
1981 Of Sea & Shore 12 6/1 With the rostrated cowries of New Caledonia there is a much greater liberty with the word rostration to describe all varieties of unusual shapes that are not displayed by the normal specimen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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