Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rostral \Ros"tral\, a. [L. rostralis, fr. rostrum a beak; cf. F.
   rostral.]
   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.

         [Monuments] adorned with rostral crowns and naval
         ornaments.                               --Addison.