cerousadj.1
/ˈsɪərəs/ Chemistry.
Of the nature of Cerium; applied to chemical compounds in which cerium combines as a triad, as in cerous salts; cerous chloride, CeCl3, cerous oxide, Ce2O3. cerous silicate, Ce2Si3O12.
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1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 833 Cerous salts in solution are colourless, have a sweet astringent taste, and redden litmus, even when the acid is perfectly saturated.
1863–72 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 835 Cerous silicate exists in nature as Cerite; the phosphate as Monazite, Edwardsite, Cryptolite, and Phosphocerite; the carbonate in Parisite.
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cerousadj.2
/ˈsɪərəs/ Ornithology.
Of the nature of a cere.
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cerigerous1856
cereless1862
tomial1866
cerous1869
paragnathous1872
sinuate1872
ceral1874
interramal1874
palaeognathous1933
prokinetic1960
rhynchokinetic1960
1869 P. Gillmore tr. G. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds Introd. 190 In the Goose, we find the bill..covered at the base with a cerous skin.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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