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Webster 1913 Edition


Rostellum

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Ros-tel′lum

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Rostella
(#)
.
[L. See
Rostel
.]
A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum;
as, the
rostellum
of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many mosses; the
rostellum
on the head of a tapeworm.