adjective
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covered with a layer of small silky hairs
a sericeous leaf
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silky
Etymology
Origin of sericeous
From the Latin word sēriceus, dating back to 1770–80. See seric-, -eous
Example Sentences
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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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Abdomen smooth and shining; the apical margins of the intermediate segments slightly depressed, with the sides sericeous.
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