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Definition of Sericeous
1. Adjective. Covered with fine soft hairs or down. "Downy milkweed seeds"
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Similar to: Haired, Hairy, Hirsute
Derivative terms: Down, Downiness
Definition of Sericeous
1. a. Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky.
Definition of Sericeous
1. Adjective. Of or relating to silk; consisting of silk; silky. ¹
2. Adjective. (botany) Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface. ¹
3. Adjective. (zoology) Having a silky lustre, usually due to fine, close hairs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sericeous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Sericeous
1. Silky, covered with silky hairs. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sericeous
Literary usage of Sericeous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the by Francis Walker, John Edward Gray (1863)
"Wings sericeous, with numerous little transverse brown streaks. Fore wings somewhat
rounded at the tips, with a triangular blackish patch near the tip ..."
2. Entomologia Edinensis: Or A Description and History of the Insects Found in by James Wilson, James Duncan (1834)
"... which arc slightly sericeous ; the terminal joint ia rough, with tubercles on
the sides, and the tip armed with two small ..."
3. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1883)
"First joint of hind tarsi with four and a rudimentary fifth, second with three
oblique ridges. Black, with sericeous pubescence; head, ..."
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