单词 | cere |
释义 | cere cere1 —cered, adj. —cereless, adj. /sear/, n. Ornith. a 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. [1480-90; earlier sere, sp. var. of *cere < ML cera lit., wax < L] cere2 /sear/, v.t., cered, cering. 1. Archaic. to wrap in or as if in a cerecloth, esp. a corpse. 2. Obs. to wax. [1375-1425; late ME ceren < L cerare to wax, v. deriv. of cera wax] |
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