Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or situated upon the median line of the beak: specifically, referring to the beak or prolongation of the head of such a cetacean as a dolphin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology In the middle of the
rostrum (beak )
Etymologies
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meso- + rostral
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Examples
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It’s clearly a rorqual skull, and the pointed, narrow rostrum and posterior widening of the mesorostral gutter indicates that it’s a minke whale skull.
Archive 2006-10-01 Darren Naish 2006
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It’s clearly a rorqual skull, and the pointed, narrow rostrum and posterior widening of the mesorostral gutter indicates that it’s a minke whale skull.
From cigar to elongated, bloated tadpole: rorquals part II Darren Naish 2006
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