From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Snout \Snout\ (snout), n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low
German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw.
snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. sn?ta to blow the nose;
probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. {Snite}, {Snot},
{Snuff}.]
1. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
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2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt. --Hudibras.
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3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
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4. (Zool.)
(a) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod;
-- called also {rostrum}.
(b) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and
allied beetles.
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{Snout beetle} (Zool.), any one of many species of beetles
having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe
Rhynchophora; a weevil.
{Snout moth} (Zool.), any pyralid moth. See {Pyralid}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Rostrum \Ros"trum\ (-tr[u^]m), n.; pl. L. {Rostra}, E.
{Rostrums}. [L., beak, ship's beak, fr. rodere, rosum, to
gnaw. See {Rodent}.]
1. The beak or head of a ship.
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2. pl. ({Rostra}) (Rom. Antiq.) 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.
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3. Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform
occupied by an orator or public speaker.
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Myself will mount the rostrum in his favor.
--Addison.
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4. (Zool.)
(a) Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an
animal, as the beak of birds.
(b) The beak, or sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera.
(c) The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of
{Littorina}.
(d) The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the
carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the
prawn.
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5. (Bot.) Same as {Rostellum}.
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6. (Old Chem.) The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into
its receiver in the common alembic. --Quincy.
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7. (Surg.) A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a
beaklike form. [Obs.] --Coxe.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rostrum
n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give
prominence to the person on it [syn: {dais}, {podium},
{pulpit}, {rostrum}, {ambo}, {stump}, {soapbox}]
2: beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of
certain insects such as e.g. weevils [syn: {snout},
{rostrum}]
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