Rostral

Word ROSTRAL
Character 7
Hyphenation ros tral
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Rostral"

What do we mean by rostral?

At, near, or toward the head, especially the front of the head. adjective

Of or relating to a rostrum. adjective

A scale covering the end of the nose in reptiles; the rostral shield. noun

Of, pertaining to, or resembling a rostrum.

In zoology: Of or pertaining to a rostrum in any sense; rostellar; rostriform.

Having a rostrum or beak of this or that kind; rostrate: usually in composition with a qualifying epithet: as, lamellirostral, longirostral, fissirostral, conirostral, cultrirostral, curvirostral, rectirostral, dentirostral, recurvirostral, pressirostral, tenuirostral, serratirostral, etc. See the compounds.

Of or pertaining to the beak or snout of an animal, or the beak of a ship; resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or their decorations. adjective

In the direction of the rostrum. adjective

In the direction that a rostrum would have been located. adjective

Serving as a rostrum. adjective

A scale in reptiles on the median plate of the tip of the snout that borders the mouth opening.

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The word "rostral" in example sentences

They all however had beaks which were a special bone called a rostral at the front of their jaw that no other animal has ever had! ❋ Traumador (2009)

Fricke: They have a giant electroreceptor in their head, called the rostral organ. ❋ Brandon Keim (2011)

Previous studies showed that an area of the brain called the rostral anterior cingulate cortex is activated more when you think about yourself than when you think about another person; this study showed that it is also more active when you think about yourself now as compared with imagining yourself 10 years from now. ❋ Unknown (2010)

According to a team of researchers in the U. S.a particular part of the brain called the rostral ante ... ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some other chameleon species sport a longer so-called rostral process with a flexible tip, though scientists aren't sure the function of such a movable tip. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Then perished the _domus priscorum ducum hostilibus adhuc spoliis adornatæ_; the "rostral" palace; the mansion of the Pompeys; the Blenheims and the Strathfieldsays of the Scipios, the Marcelli, the Paulli, and the ❋ Thomas De Quincey (1822)

This matched the enhanced activity we observed in two critical regions of the brain: the amygdala, a small structure deep in the brain that is central to the processing of emotion, and the rostral anterior cingulate cortex rACC, an area of the frontal cortex that modulates emotion and motivation. ❋ Unknown (2012)

The rostral filaments have no sensory function for the male, but they are hypothesized to provide some 'stimulation' to the female. ❋ Carin Bondar (2012)

I tossed a "rostral comb" in because I figured that horn growth wouldn't just stop when the male reached a certain age. ❋ Prehistoric Insanity (2009)

When we start looking at some of the more unusual Mesozoic birds groups, we see marked specialisation of the rostral-most dentition. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

The euenantiornithean Eoenantiornis has four subconical teeth in each premaxilla while there were probably six or seven teeth in each dentary, the rostral-most two of which were larger than the others (Zhou et al. 2005). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

The teeth at the jaw tips were slender and subconical, so Phalarodon seems to have been a generalist, perhaps picking up small soft-bodied prey with the rostral teeth, and crushing big hard-shelled prey with the tribodont teeth further back. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

While the specimen is about 1 m long, it only represents that part of the skull rostral to the antorbital fenestra. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

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