ROSTRUM

n. stage, speaker's platform; beak, snout (Biology)

Rostrum can mean one of several different things:Rostrum (anatomy), an anatomical structure resembling a bird's beak, such as the snout of crocodiles and dolphins or the part of the carapace of a crustacean. Since the rostrum is typically located about the thorax of an arthropod, it is differentiated from the cauda or tail.A ram bow on a ship. The platform a speaker stands on while giving a speech. Such platforms in the Roman Forum were made in the shape of a ship bow. The most famous one is the Rostra in the Roman Forum.A rostrum camera, a camera placed over a motorised moving platform (the rostrum), used to animate a still picture or object for television or film.A Rostrum club, a group of people who meet to improve their skills in public speaking and meeting procedure. Each club is part of a larger non-profit organisation that promotes and facilitates the improvement of public speaking skills. See Australian Rostrum (or Australian Rostrum Home Page)The Rostrum, is the official monthly magazine of the National Forensic League.Rostrum of corpus callosum, a part of the human brain
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Noun
1. a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
(synonym) dais, podium, pulpit, ambo, stump, soapbox
(hypernym) platform
2. beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
(synonym) snout
(hypernym) nose, olfactory organ

(n.)
The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina.
  

(n.)
The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic.
  

(n.)
The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators.
  

(n.)
The beak, or sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera.
  

(n.)
The beak or head of a ship.
  

(n.)
The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn.
  

(n.)
Same as Rostellum.
  

(n.)
Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker.
  

(n.)
Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds.
  

(n.)
A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form.
  

N
beak| curved bow (of a ship); speaker's platform (in Rome's Forum) (pl.)