ROSTELLARIA
\ɹˌɒstɪlˈe͡əɹi͡ə], \ɹˌɒstɪlˈeəɹiə], \ɹ_ˌɒ_s_t_ɪ_l_ˈeə_ɹ_iə]\
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ros-te-l[=a]'ri-a, n. a genus of marine univalves.--adj. and n. ROSTELL[=A]'RIAN.--adjs. ROS'TELLATE; ROSTEL'LIFORM.--n. ROSTEL'LUM, any small beak-shaped process, as in the stigma of many violets: the forepart of the head of tapeworms--also ROS'TEL. [L. rostellum, a little beak.]
By Thomas Davidson
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