Spot the Frippet: something rostrate.

No, this is easy.

I mean, this beetle is rostrate:


Metaxyphloeus germaini

and so is this stone curlew:


(don't worry, stone curlews always look anxious)

and so is this pillar:


photo by sailko

and this flower:


Heliconia rostrata, photo by: Cesarious 

and this fossil brachiopod (yes, that's just a sort of shellfish):


photo by Hectonichus

and this creature here (and the clue's to what rostrate means is, as they say, in the name):


illustration by John Gould

Do you know what it is, yet? Yes, that's right: something rostrate is something with a beak.

So: how long will it take you to spot one of those?

Spot the Frippet: something rostrate. This word comes from the Latin rōstrum, beak or ship's prow, from rōdere, which means rather sweetly, to nibble.