cere

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | 269 words | Copyright

cere In birds, an area of skin at the base of the upper mandible, surrounding the nostrils, that is found in Falconiformes, in which it is bare, in Psittaciformes, in which it is usually feathered, and in Columbidae, in which it forms a swollen flap above the nostrils.

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