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cere

/seer/US // sɪər //UK // (sɪə) //

谷类,谷物,谷仓

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Ornithology.

    • : 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.

Examples

  • Its cere and feet were yellow, and the circle of its eyelids a bright yellow.

  • When we arrived on the spot, where the Bagh cere-mony was celebrated, the festivity was at its height.

  • That you may live long to continue your useful labors, and reap the reward in the thankfulness of nations, is my sin cere prayer.

  • The bill is orange and black, the caruncles on his forehead orange, and the cere orange; the orbits scarlet, and the irides white.

  • The cere and plainly notched bill of this carving clearly indicate a hawk, of what species it would be impossible to say.