different between rostellate vs rostrate

rostellate

English

Adjective

rostellate (not comparable)

  1. Having a rostellum, or small beak; terminating in a beak.

Synonyms

  • See beaky

References

rostellate From the web:



rostrate

English

Etymology

Latin rostratus, from rostrum (beak).

Adjective

rostrate (comparative more rostrate, superlative most rostrate)

  1. Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.
  2. Furnished or adorned with beaks.
    a rostrate pillar

Synonyms

  • See beaky

Derived terms

  • birostrate
  • erostrate
  • subrostrate

References


Latin

Adjective

r?str?te

  1. vocative masculine singular of r?str?tus

rostrate From the web:

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