[seer-eez] 
| 1. | a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter. |
| 2. | Astronomy. the first asteroid to be discovered, being the largest and one of the brightest. |
| 3. | a town in central California. 13,281. |
[seer] | a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, esp. a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open. |
[seer] | 1. | Archaic. to wrap in or as if in a cerecloth, esp. a corpse. |
| 2. | Obsolete. to wax. |
| cere 1 (sîr) tr.v. cered, cer·ing, ceres To wrap in or as if in cerecloth. [Middle English ceren, ciren, from Old French cirer, to cover with wax, from Latin cērāre; see cerate.] |
| cere 2 (sîr) n. A fleshy or waxlike membrane at the base of the upper beak in certain birds, such as parrots, through which the nostrils open. [Middle English sere, from Old French cire, from Medieval Latin cēra, from Latin, wax; see cerate.] cered adj. |
| Ce·res (sîr'ēz) n.
[Latin Cerēs; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
The Roman name for Demeter, the Greek and Roman goddess of agriculture.
| Ceres (sîr'ēz) Pronunciation Key
The largest asteroid and the first to be discovered, in 1801. Nearly spherical, it has a diameter of about 960 km (595 mi). The estimated total mass of all other asteroids in the asteroid belt is only about twice that of Ceres. See more at asteroid. |
| CERES California Environmental Resources Evaluation System |