Ser"ri*ca`ted (?), a. [See Sericeous.] Covered with fine silky down.
Ser"ri*corn (?), a. [L. serra saw + cornu horn.] (Zoöl.) Having
serrated antenn&?;.
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 Antenna.
Ser"ried (?), a. [See Serry.] Crowded; compact; dense; pressed
together.
Nor seemed it to relax their serried files.
Milton.
||Ser*rif"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. serra saw + ferre to bear.]
||(Zoöl.) A division of Hymenoptera comprising the sawflies.
||Ser`ri*ros"tres (?), n. pl. [NL. fr. L. serra saw + rostrum beak.]
||(Zoöl.) Same as Lamellirostres.
Ser"rous (?), a. [L. serra a saw.] Like the teeth off a saw; jagged.
[Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Ser"ru*la (?), n. [L., a little saw.] (Zoöl.) The red-breasted
merganser.
{ Ser"rulate (?), Ser"ru*la`ted (?), } a. [L. serrula a little saw,
dim. of serra a saw.] Finely serrate; having very minute teeth.
Ser`ru*la"tion (?), n. 1. The state of being notched minutely, like a
fine saw. Wright.