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    Roman Kingdom, the Vulcanal. It derives its name from the six rostra (plural of rostrum, a warship's ram) which were captured following the victory which...
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  • Forensic League Australian Rostrum, public speaking clubs Rastrum, a musical writing implement used to draw staff lines Rostra, a large platform built in...
    693 bytes (132 words) - 21:05, 18 March 2023
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    sharks, are a family of rays characterized by a long, narrow, flattened rostrum, or nose extension, lined with sharp transverse teeth, arranged in a way...
    97 KB (9,994 words) - 04:17, 27 April 2024
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    (1920) Rostral Column, Vladivostok (ru:Ростральная колонна (Владивосток) in Russian) (1960) Rostral Columns, Union Station Plaza, Washington, DC Rostra, the...
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  • alongside the more fragmentary Martinichthys from North America. Rhamphoichthys rostra can be differentiated from those of Protosphyraena by being composed of...
    4 KB (301 words) - 06:32, 19 March 2024
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    The Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange (also Bourse) and Rostral Columns, located in Saint Petersburg in the Russian Federation, are significant examples...
    9 KB (1,094 words) - 04:11, 27 September 2023
  • with mediolaterally compressed rostra being more hydrodynamic when moving vertically, and mediolaterally compressed rostra being more suited to horizontal...
    9 KB (1,092 words) - 16:09, 17 January 2024
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    male rostra get proportionately less long with increasing latitude. These weevils display extreme sexual dimorphism; males have an elongated rostrum or...
    26 KB (3,044 words) - 06:02, 18 May 2024
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    has barbels which are located roughly half way from the rostral tip to the mouth. Its rostra are constricted between barbel origin and the nostrils. VanderWright...
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    or "thunderstone" has also been traditionally applied to the fossilised rostra of belemnoids. The origin of these bullet-shaped stones was not understood...
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    (Acipenseridae). They are distinguished from other fish by their elongated rostra, which are thought to enhance electroreception to detect prey. Paddlefish...
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  • in tapirs, but they are not aquatic animals. The morphology of sirenian rostra is similar, but sirenians are herbivorous, whereas Makaracetus' dentition...
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    Acanthuridae. It is so called because of its protruding snout. Rostrum (disambiguation) Rostra Charlton T. Lewis (1890). "An Elementary Latin Dictionary"...
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    beaks (rostra) of captured warships being erected in the Forum, behind where speakers were standing when delivering a speech, the word "Rostrum" gained...
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    the Curia Julia) Rostra Vetera (Old Rostra), main speaker's platform until it was replaced by the nearby Rostra Augusta (New Rostra) Graecostasis, platform...
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    the Belemnotheutis internal skeleton is called the rostrum (plural: rostra) or the guard. The rostrum of Belemnotheutis differs significantly from that...
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    Waharoa ruwhenua had a rostrum that was less flexible than those of modern edentulous mysticetes, yet much more flexible than the rostra of toothed mysticetes...
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    and Malagasy mongooses). They all tend to have slender bodies and pointed rostra (except the fossa, which has a blunt snout). Diet varies with size and form...
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    Asian river dolphins are small but stocky cetaceans with long snouts or rostra, broad flippers, and small dorsal fins. They have several unusual features...
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    Obelisk – List of obelisks in Rome Odeon Roman lighthouse Roman watermill Rostra Temple – List of Ancient Roman temples Antae temple Mithraeum Tetrapylon...
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