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ceral, a.|ˈsɪərəl| [f. (in sense 1) cere, or (in sense 2) L. cēr-a + -al1.] 1. Pertaining to the cere of a bird's bill.
1874Coues Birds N.-W. 605 Ceral longer than the ungual portion of the bill. 2. Relating to wax.
1883S. Wainwright Sci. Sophisms ix. 181 Had Mr. Darwin lived two thousand years ago, his ceral experiments might have furnished a target for the shafts of Aristophanes. |