Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fleshy or waxlike membrane at the base of the upper beak in certain birds, such as parrots, through which the nostrils open.
- transitive verb To wrap in or as if in cerecloth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To wax, or cover with wax, or with a cerecloth.
- noun Wax.
- noun In ornith.: Properly, a fleshy cutaneous or membranous, sometimes feathered, covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, as of all birds of prey and parrots: so called from its waxy appearance. A bare space about the base of the upper mandible, or a fleshy prominence in that situation, or a distinct part of the covering of the upper mandible, though of the same texture as the rest.
- noun Also
cera and ceroma.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See
beak . - transitive verb To wax; to cover or close with wax.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun ornithology A waxy protuberance at the base of the upper beak in certain birds.
- verb transitive To
wax ; to cover or close with wax.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds
- verb wrap up in a cerecloth
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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There was a deep gash from the top of his beak, through the cere, and a nick in his eyelid, clearly from the same blow.
Elephant in the City 2010
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The gryphon had his beak clamped around a bedroll, and flinched every time she pierced his cere with the needle.
Elephant in the City 2010
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For the betterment of all, they shouldered the burden of being the huntsmen and butchers, the judges and jailers, the hangmen and executioners, the grave-diggers and cere-clothiers.
The Codex Continual » “Nine are the Candles”-An Excerpt 2008
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Sau oare a privi slava lui Dumnezeu în viaţa lui Isus ne cere să gândim altfel despre slavă, despre glorie?
Noi Am Privit Slava Lui (Ioan 1.1-18) James F. McGrath 2009
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Apoi introduce un concept familiar în epoca în care evanghelia a fost scrisă, însă care cere explicaţie şi clarificaţie în vremea noastră.
Noi Am Privit Slava Lui (Ioan 1.1-18) James F. McGrath 2009
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Droplets gathered on its bare cere and rolled forward, filling the hole on its beak.
A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009
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For many kids, getting to the end is now simply a matter of making it through one more excruciating cere ...
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For many kids, getting to the end is now simply a matter of making it through one more excruciating cere ...
reesetee commented on the word cere
as in "the membrane on the upper beak of some birds"
February 2, 2007
treeseed commented on the word cere
(from Latin cera). Hawks, parrots, doves, skuas and budgerigars are among the birds that have ceres.
February 24, 2008