Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of melolonthine beetles, giving name to a disused family Sericidæ, having an ovate convex form and the tarsal claws cleft. S. brunnea is a British species.
- noun An individual of the genus Serica.
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Examples
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In Latin _serica_, "silk," as coming from the Chinese (Seres).
History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War Procopius
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A huntress like this will need a corpulent quarry: perhaps the Silky Epeira (E. serica), perhaps the Banded
More Hunting Wasps Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Quint., lib. xii., ca. x., "ne hirta toga sit;" don't let the toga be rumpled; "non serica:" the silk here interdicted was the silk of effeminacy, not that silk of authority of which our barristers are proud.
Life of Cicero Volume One Anthony Trollope 1848
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Sunt qui libros inaurant et serica tegimenta apponunt preciosa et superba.
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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Serica has a material 2010 exploration programme, drilling five wells that are targeting a total of around 90 mmboe risked prospective resources net to the Company.www. serica-energy.com
TradingMarkets 2010
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Serica has a material 2010 exploration programme, drilling five wells that are targeting a total of around 90 mmboe risked prospective resources net to the Company.www. serica-energy.com
TradingMarkets 2010
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Serica has a material 2010 exploration programme, drilling five wells that are targeting a total of around 90 mmboe risked prospective resources net to the Company.www. serica-energy.com
TradingMarkets 2010
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Serica has a material 2010 exploration programme, drilling five wells that are targeting a total of around 90 mmboe risked prospective resources net to the Company.www. serica-energy.com
TradingMarkets 2010
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Further information on the Company is available on its website: www. serica-energy.com
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Quint., lib. xii., ca. x., “ne hirta toga sit; "don't let the toga be rumpled; “non serica:” the silk here interdicted was the silk of effeminacy, not that silk of authority of which our barristers are proud.
The Life of Cicero Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1881
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