a raised platform on which a person stands to make a public speech, receive an award or medal, play music, or conduct an orchestra
speaker after speaker stepped up to the rostrum
the winner's rostrum
the composer moved from keyboard to rostrum
a beaklike projection, especially a stiff snout or anterior prolongation of the head in an insect, crustacean, or cetacean
these beetles are very easily recognized by the rostrum or beak