SERPIGO
Ser*pi"go, n. Etym: [LL., fr. L. serpere to creep.] (Med.)
Defn: A dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm.
SERPOLET
Ser"po*let, n. Etym: [F.] (Bot.)
Defn: Wild thyme.
SERPULA
Ser"pu*la, n.; pl. Serpulæ, E. Serpulas. Etym: [L., a little snake.
See Serpent.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidæ. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts.
SERPULIAN; SERPULIDAN
Ser*pu"li*an, Ser*pu"li*dan, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A serpula.
SERPULITE
Ser"pu*lite, n.
Defn: A fossil serpula shell.