ceroma

Ce*ro"ma, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. 1. The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestles were anointed among the ancient Romans. 2. (Anc. Arch.) Defn: That part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers anointed themselves. 3. (Zoöl.) Defn: The cere of birds.

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