Definitions for CerE

CerE cere

Spelling: [seer]
IPA: /sɪər/

Cere is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 17 anagrams from letters in CerE (ceer).

Definitions for CerE

noun

  1. 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.

verb (used with object)

  1. Archaic. to wrap in or as if in a cerecloth, especially a corpse.
  2. Obsolete. to wax.

Origin of CerE

1480-90; earlier sere, spelling variant of *cere Medieval Latin cēra literally, wax Latin

Examples for CerE

On re tide ws sum oer witega on Iudea-lande, his nama ws Abacuc, se br his ryfterum mete to cere.

The eye is bright yellow, as is the cere or base of the beak.

Bill bluish-black, cere yellowish-brown, feet orange-yellow, claws bluish-black.

Nostrils elliptical, rather large, about half-way between the cere and ridge.

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

Bill black, the cere or membrane at its base black, accompanied by whitish whiskers.

Nostrils elliptical, oblique, in the anterior part of the cere near the ridge.

Nostrils oval, oblique, large, half-way between the ridge and the cere.

cere and feet yellow; bill light blue at the base, black at the tip, in all the American species.

Bill bluish-black, cere light blue, feet pale greyish-blue tinged anteriorly with yellow.

Word Value for CerE
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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