The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Snout \Snout\ (snout), n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low
   German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw.
   snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. sn?ta to blow the nose;
   probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. Snite, Snot,
   Snuff.]
   1. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
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   2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt. --Hudibras.
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   3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
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   4. (Zool.)
      (a) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod;
          -- called also rostrum.
      (b) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and
          allied beetles.
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   Snout beetle (Zool.), any one of many species of beetles
      having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe
      Rhynchophora; a weevil.

   Snout moth (Zool.), any pyralid moth. See Pyralid.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rostrum \Ros"trum\ (-tr[u^]m), n.; pl. L. Rostra, E.
   Rostrums. [L., beak, ship's beak, fr. rodere, rosum, to
   gnaw. See Rodent.]
   1. The beak or head of a ship.
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   2. pl. (Rostra) (Rom. Antiq.) The Beaks; the stage or
      platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral
      harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because
      after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of
      captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms
      erected in Rome for the use of public orators.
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   3. Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform
      occupied by an orator or public speaker.
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            Myself will mount the rostrum in his favor.
                                                  --Addison.
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   4. (Zool.)
      (a) Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an
          animal, as the beak of birds.
      (b) The beak, or sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera.
      (c) The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of
          Littorina.
      (d) The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the
          carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the
          prawn.
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   5. (Bot.) Same as Rostellum.
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   6. (Old Chem.) The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into
      its receiver in the common alembic. --Quincy.
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   7. (Surg.) A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a
      beaklike form. [Obs.] --Coxe.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rostrum
    n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give
         prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium,
         pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox]
    2: beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of
       certain insects such as e.g. weevils [syn: snout,
       rostrum]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

61 Moby Thesaurus words for "rostrum":
   ambo, antlia, balcony, beak, beezer, bill, bow, bowsprit, bugle,
   catafalque, conk, dais, desk, emplacement, estrade, figurehead,
   floor, forecastle, foredeck, forepeak, gallery, heliport, hustings,
   jib boom, landing, landing pad, landing stage, launching pad,
   lectern, muffle, muzzle, nares, neb, nib, nose, nostrils, nozzle,
   olfactory organ, pecker, platform, podium, proboscis, prore, prow,
   pulpit, reading desk, rhinarium, schnozzle, smeller, snoot, snout,
   soapbox, stage, stand, stem, step terrace, stump, terrace,
   tribunal, tribune, trunk



The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

ROSTRUM, n.  In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship.  In
America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically
expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble.