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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cere1 (sēr),USA pronunciation n. [Ornith.]- Birdsa fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, esp. a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Latin
- Medieval Latin cēra literally, wax
- earlier sere, spelling, spelled variant of *cere 1480–90
- [Archaic.]to wrap in or as if in a cerecloth, esp. a corpse.
- [Obs.]to wax.
- Latin cērāre to wax, verb, verbal derivative of cēra wax
- late Middle English ceren 1375–1425
- Ceramic Engineer.
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