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# cere

noun (a cere, ceres)

«cere» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The soft, waxy, often brightly coloured patch of skin at the top of a bird's beak, around the nostrils, found in birds such as parrots, budgies, hawks and pigeons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cere/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons and pet care, the colour of a budgie's cere can show whether it is male (often blue) or female (often brown or pale). Phrases: "the cere of a budgie".

### Examples

- The budgie's blue cere shows it is a male. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cere/#x1)
- Hawks have a yellow cere above the beak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cere/#x2)
- The vet checked the parrot's cere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cere/#x3)
- A female budgie's cere is often brown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cere/#x4)
- The cere has the bird's nostrils in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cere/#x5)

### Note

Pronounced like "seer". Do not confuse with "sear" (to burn) or "Ceres" (a dwarf planet and a Roman goddess). Countable: ceres.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cere» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cere/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cere» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cere.html) on Mova free.