cere
1a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
Origin of cere
1Other words from cere
- cered, adjective
- cereless, adjective
Words Nearby cere
Other definitions for cere (2 of 3)
Archaic. to wrap in or as if in a cerecloth, especially a corpse.
Obsolete. to wax.
Origin of cere
2Other definitions for Cer.E. (3 of 3)
Ceramic Engineer.
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How to use cere in a sentence
Its cere and feet were yellow, and the circle of its eyelids a bright yellow.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 | Gilbert WhiteWhen we arrived on the spot, where the Bagh cere-mony was celebrated, the festivity was at its height.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan | Helena Pretrovna BlavatskyThat you may live long to continue your useful labors, and reap the reward in the thankfulness of nations, is my sin cere prayer.
Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers | Charles Bradlaugh, A. Collins, and J. WattsThe bill is orange and black, the caruncles on his forehead orange, and the cere orange; the orbits scarlet, and the irides white.
Wanderings in South America | Charles WatertonThe cere and plainly notched bill of this carving clearly indicate a hawk, of what species it would be impossible to say.
Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley | Henry W. Henshaw
British Dictionary definitions for cere (1 of 2)
/ (sɪə) /
a soft waxy swelling, containing the nostrils, at the base of the upper beak in such birds as the parrot
Origin of cere
1British Dictionary definitions for cere (2 of 2)
/ (sɪə) /
(tr) to wrap (a corpse) in a cerecloth
Origin of cere
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