Definition for ROS'TRATE, or ROS'TRA-TED

ROS'TRATE, or ROS'TRA-TED, a. [L. rostratus.]

  1. In botany, beaked; having a process resembling the beak of a bird. – Martyn.
  2. Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys.

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