Ser"pent-tongued` (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a forked tongue, like a
serpent.
Ser"pet (?), n. [L. sirpus, scirpus, a rush, bulrush.] A basket. [Obs.]
Ainsworth.
||Ser*pette" (?), n. [F.] A pruning knife with a curved blade. Knight.
Ser*pig"i*nous (?), a. [Cf. F. serpigineux.] (Med.) Creeping; -- said
of lesions which heal over one portion while continuing to advance at
another.
||Ser*pi"go (?), n. [LL., fr. L. serpere to creep.] (Med.) A dry, scaly
||eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm.
Ser"po*let (?), n. [F.] (Bot.) Wild thyme.
||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 allied genera of the
||family Serpulidæ. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually
||irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has
||a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head,
||and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it
||retracts.
{ Ser*pu"li*an (?), Ser*pu"li*dan (?), } n. (Zoöl.) A serpula.
Ser"pu*lite (?), n. A fossil serpula shell.
Serr (?), v. t. [F. serrer. See Serry.] To crowd, press, or drive
together. [Obs.] Bacon.
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, and many other food fishes. -- a.
(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Serranidæ.
{ 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. (Bot.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate
leaves.
Doubly serrate, having small serratures upon the large ones, as the
leaves of the elm. -- Serrate- ciliate, having fine hairs, like the
eyelashes, on the serratures; -- said of a leaf. -- Serrate- dentate,
having the serratures toothed.
Ser*ra"tion (?), n. 1. Condition of being serrate; formation in the
shape of a saw.