Definition of Rostellar

1. a. Pertaining to a rostellum.

Definition of Rostellar

1. Adjective. Pertaining to a rostellum. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rostellar

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Rostellar

1. Pertaining to a rostellum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rostellar

rosolic
rosolic acid
rosolio
rosolios
ross
ross river virus
rosselly
rosser
rossers
rossite
rossmanite
rost
rosted
rostel
rostella
rostellar (current term)
rostellate
rostelliform
rostellum
rostellums
roster
rostered
rostering
rosters
rosting
rostite
rostra
rostrad
rostral
rostral lamina

Literary usage of Rostellar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Refugium Botanicum: Or Figures and Descriptions from Living Specimens, of ...by William Wilson Saunders, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, John Gilbert Baker by William Wilson Saunders, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, John Gilbert Baker (1882)
"... rhomboid; a small tooth at the base covering the base of the anther. rostellar process hanging over the ..."

2. The Tænioid Cestodes of North American Birds by Brayton Howard Ransom (1909)
"Testicles, 2 in each segment; entire surface of suckers armed with minute spines, or unarmed; rostellar hooks with long dorsal and short ventral roots (or ..."

3. On the Development, Morphology, and Economic Importance of Chicken Cestodes by John Earl Gutberlet (1914)
"ABBREVIATIONS b—bladder rs—rostellar sac c—cyst sg—shell gland ... Longitudinal section of scolex, showing rostellum and rostellar sac. x425 Fig. 4. ..."

4. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1901)
"... Brann). b, the sixteen rostellar tentacles, capable of retraction, into a cavity in the scolex. 6. ..."

5. Orchidaceae: Illustrations and Studies of the Family Orchidaceae by Oakes Ames (1920)
"... lance-acuminate, obtuse rostellar arms about 1.5 mm. long. Anther about 1.8 mm. long, two-celled, narrowed from a cordate base to the apex. ..."

6. Orchidaceae: Illustrations and Studies of the Family Orchidaceae, Issuing by Oakes Ames (1905)
"... apex of mid-lobe scarcely recurved ; calli 3, 2 lateral, 1 central, obtuse, yellowish. Column minute, with a rostellar projection below ..."

7. A Monograph of West American Pyramidellid Mollusks by William Healey Dall, Paul Bartsch (1909)
"Testicles, 2 in each segment; entire surface of suckers armed with minute spines, or unarmed: rostellar hooks with long dorsal and short ventral roots (or ..."

8. Bulletin by United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution (1909)
"Testicles, 2 In each segment; entire surface of suckers armed with minute spines, or unarmed: rostellar hooks with long dorsal and short ventral roots (or ..."

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