Serrate

-d , ser′rāt, -ed, adj. notched or cut like a saw: ( bot. ) having small sharp teeth along the margin.— n. Serrā′tion , state of being serrated.— adj. Serra tiros′tral , saw-billed, as a bird.— ns. Ser′rāture , a notching like that between the teeth of a saw; Serrā′tus , one of several muscles of the thorax.— adj. Ser′ricorn , having separate antennæ.— n.pl. Serrif′era , a group of insects, including the sawflies and horntails.— adjs. Serrif′erous , having a serra or serrate organ; Ser′riform , toothed like a saw; Ser′riped , having the feet serrate; Serriros′trate , having the bill serrated with tooth-like proce es.— n. Ser′ro-mō′tor , a steam reversing-gear, in marine engines.— adj. Ser′rous , like the teeth of a saw: rough.— n. Ser′rula , one of the serrated appendages of the throat of the mudfish:— pl. Ser′rulæ .— adjs. Ser′rulate , -d , finely serrate.— ns. Serrulā′tion , the state of being serrulate; Serrurerie′ , ornamental wrought-metal work. [L. serratus — serra , a saw.]