| cerato- or (before a vowel) cerat- | |
| —combining form | |
| 1. | denoting horn or a hornlike part: ceratodus |
| 2. | anatomy denoting the cornea |
| [from Greek kerat-, keras horn] | |
| cerat- or (before a vowel) cerat- | |
| —combining form | |
| [from Greek kerat-, keras horn] | |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
cerat- pref.
Variant of kerato-.