serica

Borrowed from translingual Serica, from Latin sērica (“garments, silk”).

serica (plural sericas)

1. (taxonomy, uncommon) Any June beetle of the genus Serica.
   • 1967 September, R. W. Dawson, “New and Little Known Species of Serica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) X”, in Journal of the New York Entomological Society‎^[1], volume 75, Serica texana LeConte:

     Described in 1856, it took nearly a century to match his type with a single male from Lee County, Texas, previously recorded by the writer. Thus texana has been one of the rarest sericas in collections.

   • “Serica, small June beetles”, in foothillpest.com‎^[2], Foothill Sierra Pest Control, archived from the original on 1 October 2023:

     Sericas are often referred to as small June beetles. Sericas feed on plant roots.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ri.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛrika
• Hyphenation: sè‧ri‧ca

serica

1. feminine singular of serico

• Cerasi, Scirea, arcesi, ascrei, cerasi, escirà, recisa, riesca, riseca, sciare, scierà

Substantive neuter noun from sēricus. Compare with sēricum.

sērica n pl (genitive sēricōrum); second declension

1. silk garments, silks

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

sērica

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sēricum

• “serica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "serica", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “serica”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “serica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “serica”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly