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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

Example Sentences

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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 abundance of jungle animals is due to Rio's spectacular setting, caught between sea and serra, with the central hills and northern suburbs carved out of � and still split by � the Atlantic Forest.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Visto ho Toscana, Lombardia, Romagna,/ Quel Monte che divide, e quel che serra/ Italia, e un mare e l'altro, che la bagna./

From The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

"Rois est des femmes trop decu, Qant plus les ayme que son dieu, Dont laist honour pour foldelit: Cil Rois ne serra pas cremu, Q'ensi voet laisser sou escu Et querre le bataille ou lit."

From Four Arthurian Romances by Comfort, William Wistar