Semiotellus, sē-mi-ō-tel′us, n. a widely distributed genus of hymenopterous parasites.
Semis, sē′mis, n. a bronze coin of the ancient Roman republic, half the value of an as.
Semispata, sem-i-spā′ta, n. a Frankish dagger. [L. semi-, half, spatha, a sword.]
Semita, sem′i-ta, n. a fasciole of the spatangoid sea-urchins.—adj. Sem′ital. [L., a path.]
Semitaur, sem′i-tawr, n. a fabulous animal, half-bull, half-man. [L. semi-, half, taurus, a bull.]
Semitic, sem-it′ik, adj. pertaining to the Semites, or supposed descendants of Shem, or their language, customs, &c.—also Shemit′ic.—ns. Sem′ite; Semitisā′tion.—v.t. Sem′itise, to render Semitic in language or religion.—ns. Sem′itism, a Semitic idiom; Sem′itist, a Hebrew scholar.—Semitic languages, Assyrian, Aramean, Hebrew, Phœnician, together with Arabic and Ethiopic. [Applied by J. G. Eichhorn in 1817 to the closely allied peoples represented in Gen. x. as descended from Shem.]
Semmit, sem′it, n. (Scot.) an undershirt. [Samite.]
Semnopithecinæ, sem-nō-pith-ē-sī′nē, n. a sub-family of catarrhine monkeys.—adjs. Semnopith′ecine, Semnopith′ecoid.—n. Semnopithē′cus, the typical genus of the foregoing sub-family, the sacred monkeys of Asia. [Gr. semnos, honoured, pithēkos, an ape.]
Semolina, sem-ō-lē′na, n. the particles of fine, hard wheat which do not pass into flour in milling: an article of food consisting of granules of the floury part of wheat.—Also Sem′ōla, Semōli′nō. [It. semola—L. simila, the finest wheat flour.]
Semostomæ, sē-mos′tō-mē, n.pl. a sub-order of Discomedusæ, containing jelly-fishes.—adj. Sēmos′tomous, having long oral processes. [Gr. sēma, a mark, stoma, mouth.]