cereとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /sɪɚ/
• 韻: -ɪə(ɹ)
• 異形同音異義語: sear, seer, sere

名詞

cere (plural ceres)

1. (ornithology) A fleshy, waxy area at the base of the upper beak in certain birds.
   • 2021, Nikki Moustaki, Parrots For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 182:

     The cere is the fleshy spot just above the beak where the nostrils, or nares, are located. In some species, like the parakeet, the cere is prominent; in others, the cere is covered by feathers. Both the cere and the nares should be clean […]

別の表記

• sere (possibly obsolete)

派生語

動詞

cere (third-person singular simple present ceres, present participle cering, simple past and past participle cered)

1. (transitive) To wax; to cover or close with wax.
   • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC:

     a strong twisted Thread cered

アナグラム

• Cree