"rostrum" in the noun sense
1. dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
2. snout, rostrum
beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
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