Rostrum (anatomy)

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Rostrum (from Latin rostrum, meaning beak) is a term used in anatomy for several kinds of hardened, or bony, beak-like structures or extensions projecting out from the skull or mouthparts of an animal. Despite some visual similarity, many of these are phylogenetically unrelated structures in widely varying species.

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