serrula

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noun

A kind of tooth found in spiders.

OriginLatin serrula →
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Meanings

nounserrula (plural serrulas or serrulae)

plural serrulas · plural serrulae

  1. biologyA kind of tooth found in spiders.
  2. biologyOne of the serrated appendages of the throat of the mudfish.
  3. biologyA kind of tooth found in the pectinate lamella of the mouthparts of certain millipedes.

Origin

  1. Latinserrula“a little saw”
  2. Englishserrula

Borrowed from Latin serrula (“a little saw”).

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APA

serrula. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serrula

MLA

“serrula.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serrula. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “serrula,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serrula.

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