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Of or pertaining to, or resembling, Cerberus. [Written also Cerberian.] With wide Cerberean mouth. Milton.

Of or pertaining to the tail.

Of, like, or pertaining to, the Cercariæ. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.

Pertaining to the cerebellum.

Of or pertaining to the cerebrum. Cerebral apoplexy. See under Apoplexy.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the brain. Cerebric acid (Physiol. Chem.), a name formerly sometimes given to cerebrin.

Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord. Cerebro-spinal fluid (Physiol.), a serous fluid secreted by the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. -- Cerebro-spinal meningitis, Cerebro-spinal fever (Med.), a dangerous epidemic, and endemic, febrile disease, characteri…

Of or pertaining to cerography.

Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol.

Of or pertaining to the cerris. Chaplets green of cerrial oak. Dryden.

Pertaining to, or secreting, cerumen; as, the ceruminous glands.

Of or pertaining to the neck; as, the cervical vertebræ.

Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family Cervidæ.

Pertaining to, consisting, of resembling, turf; turfy. A cespitous or turfy plant has many stems from the same root, usually forming a close, thick carpet of matting. Martyn.

Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea. -- n.

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the genus Cestracion.

Of or pertaining to the Cetacea.

Of or pertaining to a whale.