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Ce"ra*ted (?), p. a. [L.
ceratus, p. p. of cerare to wax, fr. cera
wax.] Covered with wax.

Cer"a*tine (?), a. [Gr. &?; the
fallacy called "the horns." fr. ke`ras a horn.]
(Logic.) Sophistical.

||Cer`a*to*bran"chi*a (?), n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras, ke`ratos, horn +
bra`gchia, n. pl., gills.] (Zoöl.)
A group of nudibranchiate Mollusca having on the back
papilliform or branched organs serving as gills.

Cer`a*to*bran"chi*al (?), a.
(Anat.) Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below
the epibranchial in a branchial arch. --
n. A ceratobranchial bone, or
cartilage.

||Ce*rat"o*dus (?), n. [NL., fr.
Gr. ke`ras, ke`ratos horn + &?; tooth.]
(Zoöl.) A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order
Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two
living species have been discovered in Australian rivers. They
have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and
breathe in air. In Australia they are called salmon and
baramunda. See Dipnoi, and
Archipterygium.


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