Rostrum

Japanese: rostrum
Rostrum

…The mandibles and mandibles of mosquitoes, together with their lower lip, are elongated into a thin chisel shape, making them suitable for stinging, while their upper lip serves as a tube for drawing blood. In houseflies, the mandibles and mandibles have degenerated, and the other parts become the proboscis, the rostrum, which licks food with the sponge-like lip at the tip. The mandibles of honeybees are used to chew food and knead materials for the nest, but their long mandibles and lower lip are used to suck nectar from flowers. …

From the Rostra

…a platform in the Roman Forum of Ancient Rome. The name is the plural of rostrum, meaning "ship's bow," and comes from the fact that the platform was decorated with the bows of ships brought from Antium in 338 BC. The platform was lined with many portrait sculptures of nobles, which were replaced over the years. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "rostrum" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…カの大あごや小あごは下唇とともに細いのみ状に伸びているので刺すのに適し,上唇は血を吸い込む管になっている。イエバエでは,大あごと小あごは退化し,他の部分が口吻rostrumとなり,先端のスポンジ状の唇弁で食物をなめる。ミツバチの大あごは食物をかみ砕いたり,巣の材料をこねたりするのに使われるが,長く伸びた小あごと下唇で花みつを吸う。…

【ロストラ】より

…古代ローマのフォルム・ロマヌムにあった演壇。〈船の舳先〉を意味するロストルムrostrumの複数形で,演壇が前338年にアンティウムAntiumからもたらされた舳先で装飾されていたことに由来する。台上には多くの貴顕の肖像彫刻が並び,時代によって置き換えられたという。…

※「rostrum」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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