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单词 rostration
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rostrationn.

Brit. /rɒˈstreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈrɔˌstreɪʃən/, /ˈrɑˌstreɪʃən/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin rostrātus , -ion suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin rostrātus rostrate adj. + -ion suffix1; compare -tion suffix. Compare post-classical Latin rostratio (1639 or earlier; rare). Compare earlier rostrate adj.
1. An instance of thrusting a beak. Obsolete. rare.
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1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Rostration,..a thrusting in the beak or bill.
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Rostration,..a putting in the beak or bill.
2. Zoology. A rostrum on the shell of a mollusc; the fact of having such a rostrum. Cf. rostrate adj. 3b.
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1844 R. H. Hinds Zool. Voy. H.M.S. Sulphur II. 62 It [sc. Nucula cumingii] is distinguished from N. obliqua by the disposition to rostration of the anterior limb.
1853 E. Forbes & S. Hanley Hist. Brit. Mollusca II. 408 The plates..have their posterior curvature almost uninterrupted by any central rostration.
1886 W. H. Dall in Bull. Mus. Compar. Zoöl. Harvard 7 284 The tendency to rostration at the posterior end seems more marked in the older than the younger shells.
1906 Geol. Mag. 3 491 The shell can be assumed to have possessed a rostration as indicated by the dotted lines.
2002 Jrnl. Paleontol. 76 46/1 No vertical ribs on posterior rostration, and more widely spaced and punctate radial striae.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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