brevirostrate
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prettygoodwordbrevirostrate - adj., having a short beak or bill.
Another brief word. From Latin. Rostrum, the place one speaks, is also from beak -- the Romans placed the beaked ramming prows of Cathaginian ships from the First Punic War in the Forum as prizes, and they became a favorite place for speechifying.
---L.
Another brief word. From Latin. Rostrum, the place one speaks, is also from beak -- the Romans placed the beaked ramming prows of Cathaginian ships from the First Punic War in the Forum as prizes, and they became a favorite place for speechifying.
---L.
