noun
definition
A waxy protuberance at the base of the upper beak in certain birds.
verb
definition
To wax; to cover or close with wax.
Examples of cere in a Sentence
This baptism may not be conferred until the candidate has reached an age of discrimination and capacity to remember obligations, p y cere seven years being fixed as the earliest age, but it is generally deferred until manhood.
He further declared that even exceptional qualities and endowments in a cere valuable in ving him the absolute disposal of all members of the Society in every place and for every purpose.
The bird was in a mesh fronted cage and no longer had a cere, just a bloody lump of pulp.
An adult male bird will show a blue cere; and a female will show a brown one.
The dark morph also has a red cere and legs but is predominantly black with the exception of gray barring on the tail.
Descending rapidly from its source, sometimes over cascades, the river soon enters deep gorges through which it flows as far as Beaulieu (department of Correze) where it debouches into a wide and fertile valley and is shortly after joined by the Cere.
It shows a dark bill with contrasting yellow cere.