Usually means: Projection for attaching tapeworm eggs.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word rostellum:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. rostellum: Merriam-Webster
  2. rostellum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. rostellum: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rostellum: Wordnik
  5. rostellum: Wiktionary
  6. rostellum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. rostellum: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. rostellum: Dictionary.com
  9. Rostellum (helminth), Rostellum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Rostellum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. rostellum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Rostellum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. rostellum: FreeDictionary.org
  14. rostellum: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rostellum: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. rostellum: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. rostellum: Medical dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  3. Rostellum: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

(Note: See rostellar as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (rostellum)

noun:  A small beak-like process or extension; a small rostrum.
noun:  (botany) A projecting part of the column in the flower of an orchid that separates the male stamen from the female gynoecium.
noun:  (biology) A retractable protruding part at the anterior end of a soft-bodied tapeworm; the scolex from which it protrudes is often armed with hooks which serve to keep it in place attached to the host.

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