‖ prora
(ˈprɔərə)
Pl. -æ.
[L. prōra prow.]
1. The prow of a ship; = prore. rare.
| 1850 J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art (ed. 2) 432 Naked, planting the right leg on a rock, a prora or a dolphin, leaning thereon and looking abroad, a victor in combat and ruling over the vanquished. |
2. Zool. Either of the two points of a cymba or C-shaped sponge-spicule.
| 1887 Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 417/2 s.v. Sponge, The back of the ‘C’ [-shaped spicule] is the keel or tropis; the points are the prows or proræ. |