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serran Ichth.|ˈsɛrən|
[ad. mod.L. serrānus, f. serra: see serra and -an.]
A fish of the genus Serranus or the family Serranidæ, which includes many food fishes, as the black sea-bass.
1803Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. 439 Serran Sparus. 1841Kitto Palestine: Phys. Geog. viii. 416 The Brazen Serran. 1851Gosse Nat. Hist., Fishes 57 The Serrans (Serranina), a very numerous sub-family [of the Percadæ].
Hence ˈserranoid a. and n., belonging to, a fish of, the family Serranidæ.
1884Goode, etc. Nat. Hist. Aquatic Anim. 413 The Seranoid Fishes of the Pacific Coast. |