rostellum

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English [edit]

Noun [edit]

rostellum (plural rostella)

  1. A small beak-like process or extension; a small rostrum.
    the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many mosses
    the rostellum on the head of a tapeworm

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.