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sericeous

[ si-rish-uhs ]

adjective

  1. covered with silky down, as a leaf.


sericeous

/ ²õɪˈ°ùɪʃə²õ /

adjective

  1. covered with a layer of small silky hairs

    a sericeous leaf

  2. silky
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sericeous1

From the Latin word ²õŧ°ù¾±³¦±ð³Ü²õ, dating back to 1770–80. See seric-, -eous
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sericeous1

C18: from Late Latin ²õŧ°ù¾±³¦±ð³Ü²õ silken, from Latin ²õŧ°ù¾±³¦³Ü²õ; see serge
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Abdomen smooth and shining; the apical margins of the intermediate segments slightly depressed, with the sides sericeous.

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Abdomen shining, and with a fine silvery sericeous pile; the apical margins of the segments narrowly rufo-piceous; the terminal segment with an elongate, smooth, shining space, which extends to the apex, which is testaceous.

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Thorax: the disk very closely punctured, the metathorax rugose; the sides and the legs with a fine glittering sericeous pile, the wings subhyaline, their apical margins fuscous, the nervures fuscous.

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