1a raised platform on which a person stands to make a public speech, receive an award or medal, play music, or conduct an orchestra:speaker after speaker stepped up to the rostrumthe winner’s rostrumthe composer moved from keyboard to rostrum
a raised platform supporting a film or television camera: [as modifier]:a rostrum camera
2chiefly Zoology a beak-like projection, especially a stiff snout or anterior prolongation of the head in an insect, crustacean, or cetacean:these beetles are very easily recognized by the rostrum or beak
