Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
ceras .
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- noun Plural form of
ceras .
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Examples
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(Etymologically primus in cera, sc. in tabula cerata, the first in a list of a class of officials)
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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She has other tricks up her sleeve, too: the cerata are loosely attached.
BC Bloggers Wanderin' Weeta 2010
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So somehow she eats the anemones, stinging cells and all, without triggering the firing mechanism, then transports those nematocysts to her own cerata.
BC Bloggers 2010
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For the scientific record, Goddard describes the new species as "characterized externally by its smooth rhinophores; long tail and cephalic tentacles; pointed foot corners; red and orange tipped cerata; and lack of pigmentation on the head, body and head tentacles."
Impact Lab asclepius 2010
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She has other tricks up her sleeve, too: the cerata are loosely attached.
BC Bloggers 2010
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The cerata at the other end look like fingers on a hand.
BC Bloggers Wanderin' Weeta 2010
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For the scientific record, Goddard describes the new species as "characterized externally by its smooth rhinophores; long tail and cephalic tentacles; pointed foot corners; red and orange tipped cerata; and lack of pigmentation on the head, body and head tentacles."
Impact Lab asclepius 2010
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So somehow she eats the anemones, stinging cells and all, without triggering the firing mechanism, then transports those nematocysts to her own cerata.
BC Bloggers Wanderin' Weeta 2010
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The cerata at the other end look like fingers on a hand.
BC Bloggers 2010
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Zi 'xqitak lemfntc ma. cerata premunCifT; ita entnfralidins - reddifo - let.
Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medica materia libri sex 1554
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