rostral

At, near, or toward the head, especially the front of the head.

Of or relating to a rostrum.

A scale covering the end of the nose in reptiles; the rostral shield.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling a rostrum.

In zoology: Of or pertaining to a rostrum in any sense; rostellar; rostriform.

Having a rostrum or beak of this or that kind; rostrate: usually in composition with a qualifying epithet: as, lamellirostral, longirostral, fissirostral, conirostral, cultrirostral, curvirostral, rectirostral, dentirostral, recurvirostral, pressirostral, tenuirostral, serratirostral, etc. See the compounds.

Of or pertaining to the beak or snout of an animal, or the beak of a ship; resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or their decorations.

In the direction of the rostrum.

In the direction that a rostrum would have been located.

Serving as a rostrum.