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  • 71cer|a|top|sid — «SEHR uh TOP sihd», adjective, noun. = ceratopsian. (Cf. ↑ceratopsian) …

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  • 72cer|a|tops — «SEHR uh tops», noun. a plant eating, Cretaceous dinosaur bearing a horn over each eye. ╂[< New Latin Ceratops the genus name < Greek kéras, ātos horn + face] …

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  • 73cer|a|to|sau|rus — «SEHR uh tuh SR uhs», noun. any one of a group of bipedal dinosaurs of the Jurassic period, about twenty feet in length, and characterized by a large skull bearing a horn. ╂[< New Latin Ceratosaurus the genus name < Greek kéras, ātos horn + …

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  • 74Cer|ber|us — «SUR buhr uhs», noun. 1. Greek and Roman Mythology. a dog with three heads that guarded the entrance to Hades. 2. a surly, watchful guard: »…give that Cerberus a sop [bribe] (William Congreve) …

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  • 75cer|car|i|al — «suhr KAIR ee uhl», adjective. = cercarian. (Cf. ↑cercarian) …

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  • 76cer|car|i|an — «suhr KAIR ee uhn», noun, adjective. –n. a trematode worm or fluke in its second larval stage; cercaria. –adj. having to do with or having the characteristics of a cercaria …

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  • 77cer|car|i|a — «suhr KAIR ee uh», noun, plural i|ae « ee ee». a second larval stage of trematode worms, in which the body is usually shaped like a tadpole. ╂[< New Latin Cercaria < Greek kérkos tail] …

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  • 78cer|cis — «SUR suhs», noun. = Judas tree. (Cf. ↑Judas tree) ╂[< Cercis the genus name < Greek kerkis the Judas tree] …

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  • 79cer|cle — «SEHRK luh», noun. French. an administrative district, especially one in a French colony or former French colony, such as Mali (a country in western Africa) …

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  • 80cer|cus — «SUR kuhs», noun, plural ci « ky». a small sensory appendage of insects, one of a pair extending from the posterior tip of the abdomen. ╂[< New Latin cercus < Greek kérkos tail] …

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