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.
Serratirostral
(Ser*ra`ti*ros"tral) a. [Serrate + rostral.] (Zoöl.) Having a toothed bill, like that of a toucan.
Serrator
(Ser*ra"tor) n. [NL.] (Zoöl.) The ivory gull (Larus eburneus).
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 serrated edge; a serration.
Serricated
(Ser"ri*ca`ted) a. [See Sericeous.] Covered with fine silky down.
Serricorn
(Ser"ri*corn) a. [L. serra saw + cornu horn.] (Zoöl.) Having serrated antenn.
Serricorn
(Ser"ri*corn), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of a numerous tribe of beetles The joints of the antennæ are
prominent, thus producing a serrate appearance. See Illust. under Antenna.
Serried
(Ser"ried) a. [See Serry.] Crowded; compact; dense; pressed together.
Nor seemed it to relax their serried files.
Milton. Serrifera
(||Ser*rif"e*ra) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. serra saw + ferre to bear.] (Zoöl.) A division of Hymenoptera
comprising the sawflies.
Serrirostres
(||Ser`ri*ros"tres) n. pl. [NL. fr. L. serra saw + rostrum beak.] (Zoöl.) Same as Lamellirostres.
Serrous
(Ser"rous) a. [L. serra a saw.] Like the teeth off a saw; jagged. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Serrula
(Ser"ru*la) n. [L., a little saw.] (Zoöl.) The red-breasted merganser.
Serrulate
(Ser"rulate Ser"ru*la`ted) a. [L. serrula a little saw, dim. of serra a saw.] Finely serrate; having
very minute teeth.
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.
