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Re: Trivia Time !!!!!!!!
From: "Paul M. Moriarty" <pmm@igtc.com>
"1 [Latin Rostra, plural, a platform for speakers in the Roman Forum
decorated with the beaks of captured ships, from plural of rostrum] a : an
ancient Roman platform for public orators b : a stage for public speaking c:
a raised platform on a stage
2 : the curved end of a ship's prow; especially : the beak of a war galley
3 : a bodily part or process suggesting a bird's bill: as a : the beak,
snout, or proboscis of any of various insects or arachnids b : the often
spinelike anterior median prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean (as a
crayfish or lobster)"
What a great Who/Pete word! Meanings 1 & 3 are perfect. Good one Kevin :-)
Jeff
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