Serica

See also: serica

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Serica f

A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – certain junebugs and May beetles.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Coleoptera - order; Polyphaga - suborder; Scarabaeiformia - infraorder; Scarabaeoidea - superfamily; Scarabaeidae - family; Melolonthinae - subfamily; Sericini - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Serica brunnea - type species

References

Serica (beetle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Serica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Serica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛrɪkə/

Proper noun

Serica

(historical) One of the easternmost countries of Asia known to the Ancient Greek and Roman geographers, thought to have been North China.

Anagrams

caries, ericas

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σηρικά (Sēriká), from Σῆρες (Sêres), plural of Σήρ (Sḗr, “silkworm”), likely ultimately from Literary Chinese 絲 (si, “silk”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.ri.ka/, [ˈs̠eːrɪkä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ri.ka/, [ˈsɛːrikä]

Proper noun

Sērica f sg (genitive Sēricae); first declension

North China, China

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sērica
Genitive	Sēricae
Dative	Sēricae
Accusative	Sēricam
Ablative	Sēricā
Vocative	Sērica

Synonyms

Sīnae

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