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serra

British  
/ ˈsɛrə /

noun

  1. zoology a sawlike part or organ

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of serra

C19: from Latin: saw

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The Porto e Serra Burger is beef soaked in port and topped with serra da estrela cheese.

From New York Times Nov. 25, 2011

The "unknown serra" that Quadros envisions is also a real place.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the east side of this rugged serra little fertile valleys extend to the sea.

From Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads by Black, C. B.

After an hour's walk under the scorching sun, I was glad to find myself at the hamlet of Erreré, near the foot of the serra, where I rejoined my companions.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various

From the last syllable of the Chaldee nasar, to saw, we can derive the Latin serra, the High German sagen, the Danish sauga, and our word to saw.

From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Donnelly, Ignatius

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