rostrum has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

Used in print

(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)

He had sat beside Alexander_Brandel at the rostrum of a congress of Zionists .

Related terms

platform

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[ noun ] (zoology) beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils

Synonyms

snout

Related terms

nose

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