Cere: alternatives and connections

Having horns, beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds of prey.

Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base moti…

A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as…

Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.

The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds

An anvil ending in a beak or point (orig. in two beaks); also, the beak or horn itself.

The anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in the base of cartilaginous crania.

In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.

The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath,…

A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet.

The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing course…

A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.

A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defend…

Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent islands, wit…

Any one of many species of small parrots of the family Trichoglossidae, generally having the tongue papillose at the tip, and the mand…

Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species…

Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.

The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.