Dictionary entry

Rostellum

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Ros‐tel″lum (?), n.; pl.Rostella (#). [L. See Rostel.] A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a tapeworm.