cere

noun Ornithology.

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), cered, cer·ing.

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

1. Ceramic Engineer.

noun

1. a soft waxy swelling, containing the nostrils, at the base of the upper beak in such birds as the parrot

verb

1. (tr) to wrap (a corpse) in a cerecloth

n.

late 15c., from French cire “wax” (12c.), from Latin cera “wax, wax seal, wax writing tablet,” related to Greek keros “beeswax,” of unknown origin.