Serranus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin serrānus, from serra (“saw”) +‎ -ānus === Proper noun === Serranus m A taxonomic genus within the family Serranidae – certain Atlantic dwarf sea basses. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Osteichthyes – superclass; Actinopterygii – superclass; Actinopteri – class; Neopterygii – subclass; Teleostei – infraclass; Perciformes – order; Percoidei - suborder; Percoidea - superfamily; Serranidae - family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Serranus cabrilla (comber) - type species; Serranus scriba (painted comber) - selected other species; for other species see Serranus on WikispeciesWikispecies or Serranus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References === Serranus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Serranus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Serranus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == Latin == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛrˈraː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [serˈraː.nus] === Proper noun === Serrānus m sg (genitive Serrānī); second declension A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Aulus Atilius Serranus, a Roman consul (Roman mythology) A warrior and ally of Turnus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Serranus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Serranus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.