name
Meaning 1
plural of Cera
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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ceras
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noun
Meaning 2
A dorsal or lateral outgrowth on the body of nudibranchs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
plural of CERA
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noun
Meaning 4
one of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: gill, branchia
History
Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”).