ROSTELLUM
\ɹəstˈɛləm], \ɹəstˈɛləm], \ɹ_ə_s_t_ˈɛ_l_ə_m]\
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A small rostrum ; a projecting structure developed from one of the stigmatic surfaces of the orchid flower ; a rounded prominence, furnished with hooks, on the head of a Tapeworm ; a beaked-shaped process.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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