Cer"cal (?), a. [Gr. &?; tail.] (Zo÷l.) Of or pertaining to the tail.
||Cer*ca"ri*a (?), n.; pl. Cercarle (&?;) [NL., fr. Gr. &?; tail.] (Zo÷l.) The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.
Cer*ca"ri*an (?), a. (Zo÷l.) Of, like, or pertaining to, the CercariŠ. -- n. One of the CercariŠ.
Cer"co*pod (?), n. [Gr. &?; tail + -pod.] (Zo÷l.) One of the jointed antenniform appendages of the posterior somites of certain insects. Packard.
||Cer"cus (?), n.; pl. Cerci (&?;). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; tail.] (Zo÷l.) See Cercopod.
Cere (?), n. [L. cera wax: cf. F. cire.] (Zo÷l.) The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak.
Cere, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cering.] [L. cerare, fr. cera wax: cf. F. cirer.] To wax; to cover or close with wax. Wiseman.
Ce"re*al (?), a. [L. Cerealis pert. to Ceres, and hence, to agriculture. See Ceres.] Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.
Ce"re*al n. Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural.
||Ce`re*a"li*a (?), n. pl. [L. See Cereal.]