- rostel(lum)
- n. small beak or beak-like outgrowth.♦ rostellar, a.♦ rostellate, a. having rostellum.♦ rostelliform, a. like rostellum.
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rostel(lum)
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rostellum — The anterior fixed or invertible portion of the scolex of a tapeworm, frequently provided with a row (or several rows) of hooks. [L. dim. of rostrum, a beak] armed r. r. with one or more rows of hooks. unarmed r. r. lacking hooks. * * *… … Medical dictionary
Rostella — Rostellum Ros*tel lum, n.; pl. {Rostella}. [L. See {Rostel}.] A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rostellum — Ros*tel lum, n.; pl. {Rostella}. [L. See {Rostel}.] A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a tapeworm.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
