rostrum

A dais, pulpit, or other elevated platform for public speaking.

The curved, beaklike prow of an ancient Roman ship, especially a war galley.

The speaker’s platform in an ancient Roman forum, which was decorated with the prows of captured enemy ships.

A beaklike projection, especially.

An anterior projection of an insect’s or an arachnid’s mouthparts, of the upper jaw of a cetacean, or of the cephalothorax of a crustacean.

A beaklike projection of a plant part, as the fruit of a geranium.

The beak or bill of a bird.

The snout, muzzle, or sometimes the face of an animal, especially when protrusive.

In anatomy and zoology, any beaked or rostrate part, or part likened to a beak.