1. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
   "The speaker took her place on the rostrum";
   - dais, podium, pulpit, ambo, stump, soapbox
    
2. Beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
   "The insect's rostrum pierced the plant stem";
   - snout

Derived forms: rostra, rostrums

Type of: beak [informal], conk [Brit, informal], honker [informal], hooter [informal], nose, nozzle [informal], olfactory organ, platform, schnoz [informal], schnozzle [informal], snoot [informal], snout [informal]

Encyclopedia: Rostrum