Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The peculiar rostrum, beak, or mouth-parts of fleas.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A little rostrum, or beak, as of an insect.

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  • noun anatomy A little rostrum, or beak, as of an insect.

Etymologies

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Diminutive of Latin rostrum a beak.

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