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Ce⋅res

[seer-eez]

–noun

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.

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cere¹ (sîr) Pronunciation Key
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.]

cere² (sîr) Pronunciation Key
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) Pronunciation Key
n.

Roman Mythology The goddess of agriculture.
A dwarf planet orbiting in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

[Latin Cerēs; see ker-² in Indo-European roots.]

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ceres
noun
1.	(Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter
2.	the largest asteroid and the first discovered

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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.

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Ceres [(seer-eez)]

The Roman name for Demeter, the Greek and Roman goddess of agriculture.

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Ceres, CA (city, FIPS 12524)
Location: (37.601328, -120.957166)
Population (2000): 34,609 (10,773 housing units)
Area: 6.937592 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 95307

Ceres, PA (township, FIPS 08312408)
Location: (41.972408, -78.279207)
Population (2000): 1,003 (475 housing units)
Area: 40.698697 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

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Ceres

Ce"res\, n. [L., Ceres, also corn, grain, akin to E. create.]

1. (Class. Myth.) The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage.

2. (Actron.) The first discovered asteroid.

CERES
California Environmental Resources Evaluation System