Webster's Dictionary 1913

3646

Serpolet

Ser″po‐let (?), n.(Bot.) Wild thyme.

3647

Serpula

‖Ser″pu‐la (?), n.; pl.Serpulæ (#), E. Serpulas (#). [L., a little snake. See Serpent.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allie...

3648

Serpulian

{ Ser‐pu″li‐an (?), Ser‐pu″li‐dan (?), } n.(Zoöl.) A serpula.

3649

Serpulite

Ser″pu‐lite (?), n. A fossil serpula shell.

3650

Serr

Serr (?), v. t. [F. serrer. See Serry.] To crowd, press, or drive together. Bacon.

3651

Serranoid

Ser‐ra″noid (?), n. [NL. Serranus, a typical genus (fr. L. serra a saw) + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Any fish of the family Serranidæ, which includes the striped bass, the black sea bass, a...

3652

Serrate

{ Ser″rate (?), Ser″ra‐ted (?), } a. [L. serratus, fr. serra a saw; perhaps akin to secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument. Cf. Sierra.] 1. Notched on the edge, like a saw.2...

3653

Serration

Ser‐ra″tion (?), n. 1. Condition of being serrate; formation in the shape of a saw.2. One of the teeth in a serrate or serrulate margin.

3654

Serratirostral

Ser‐ra′ti‐ros″tral (?), a. [Serrate + rostral.] (Zoöl.) Having a toothed bill, like that of a toucan.

3655

Serrator

Ser‐ra″tor (?), n.(Zoöl.) The ivory gull (Larus eburneus).

3656

Serrature

Ser″ra‐ture (?), n. [L. serratura a sawing, fr. serrare to saw.] 1. A notching, like that between the teeth of a saw, in the edge of anything. Martyn.2. One of the teeth in a se...

3657

Serricated

Ser″ri‐ca′ted (?), a. [See Sericeous.] Covered with fine silky down.

3658

Serricorn

Ser″ri‐corn (?), a. [L. serra saw + cornu horn.] (Zoöl.) Having serrated antenn�.

3659

Serricorn (2)

Ser″ri‐corn, n.(Zoöl.) Any one of a numerous tribe of beetles (Serricornia). The joints of the antennæ are prominent, thus producing a serrate appearance. See Illust. under Ante...

3660

Serried

Ser″ried (?), a. [See Serry.] Crowded; compact; dense; pressed together.Nor seemed it to relax their serried files. Milton.

3661

Serrifera

‖Ser‐rif″e‐ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. serra saw + ferre to bear.] (Zoöl.) A division of Hymenoptera comprising the sawflies.

3662

Serrirostres

‖Ser′ri‐ros″tres (?), n. pl. [NL. fr. L. serra saw + rostrum beak.] (Zoöl.) Same as Lamellirostres.

3663

Serrous

Ser″rous (?), a. [L. serra a saw.] Like the teeth off a saw; jagged. Sir T. Browne.

3664

Serrula

Ser″ru‐la (?), n.(Zoöl.) The red-breasted merganser.

3665

Serrulate

{ Ser″rulate (?), Ser″ru‐la′ted (?), } a. [L. serrula a little saw, dim. of serra a saw.] Finely serrate; having very minute teeth.

3666

Serrulation

Ser′ru‐la″tion (?), n. 1. The state of being notched minutely, like a fine saw. Wright.2. One of the teeth in a serrulate margin.

3667

Serry

Ser″ry (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Serried (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Serrying.] [F. serrer, LL. serrare, serare, from L. sera a bar, bolt; akin to serere to join or bind together. See Ser...

3668

Sertularia

‖Ser′tu‐la″ri‐a (?), n. [NL., dim. fr. L. serta a garland.] (Zoöl.) A genus of delicate branching hydroids having small sessile hydrothecæ along the sides of the branches.

3669

Sertularian

Ser′tu‐la″ri‐an (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any species of Sertularia, or of Sertularidæ, a family of hydroids having branched chitinous stems and simple sessile hydrothecæ. Also used adject...

3670

Serum

Se″rum (sē″rŭm), n. [L., akin to Gr. ���, Skr. sāra curd.] (Physiol.) (a) The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc. (b) A thin watery fluid, containing m...

3671

Serum-therapy

Se″rum–ther′a‐py (?), n.(Med.) The treatment of disease by the injection of blood serum from immune animals.

3672

Servable

Serv″a‐ble (?), a. [See Serve.] 1. Capable of being served.2. [L. servabilis.] Capable of being preserved.