SERRATE

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 29

(Lat. serra, a saw.) In Zoology, when a part is cut into teeth like a saw, or is armed with teeth whose sides are unequal. SERR I CORNS, Serricorncs. (Lat. scrra, a saw; cornu, a horn.) The name of a family of Coleopterous insects, comprehending those which have serrated or saw-shaped antenna;. [s. 1127]