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Definition of: rostrum
(ros′trəm) noun plural ·trums or ·tra (-trə)
1. A pulpit or platform.
2. plural ros·tra The orators' platform in the Roman forum: embellished with the beaks of the Latin ships captured 338 B.C.
3. A beak or snout; a beaklike process or part.
4. One of various beaklike parts, as the beak or prow of an ancient war galley. [<L rostrum beak]
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