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Serranus
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Translingual
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Latin serra (“a saw”)
Proper noun
Serranus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Serranidae – certain Atlantic dwarf sea basses.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Perciformes – order; Percoidei - suborder; Percoidea - superfamily; Serranidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Serranus cabrilla (comber) - type species; Serranus scriba (painted comber) - selected other species; for other species see
Serranus on WikispeciesWikispecies or 
Serranus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Serranus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Serranus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Serranus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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Latin
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛrˈraː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [serˈraː.nus]
Proper noun
Serrānus m sg (genitive Serrānī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Aulus Atilius Serranus, a Roman consul
- (Roman mythology) A warrior and ally of Turnus
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Serranus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Serranus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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