cere
noun
a 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.
Example Sentences
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There was gray in the black of his body and legs, and each of the eyes on his ugly, pin- cered head was milky white.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
And then she was wrapped in cered cloth of Raines, from the top to the toe in thirty-fold, and after she was put in a web of lead, and then in a coffin of marble.
From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by J. M. (Jean Mary) Stone
And then she was wrapped in cered cloth of Raines, from the top to the toe, in thirtyfold, and after she was put in a web of lead, and then in a coffin of marble.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Sir Thomas Malory
