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Seres

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    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Personal Name; A tribe of people in Eastern Asia, from whom the Latin sericus is derived, cf. sericus, serica, sericum. One Anglo-Saxon glossator locates them within the tribe of Assyrians.(ante 700 - ante 1100)
1. seres, : i orientalis assirisce [DOE AldÆ 2 (Nap) (0020 (20))]
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Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
1(n.) Personal Name; Mistakenly applied to the silkworm by one Anglo-Saxon glossator.(ante 1100)
1. seres, : i orientalis assirisce [DOE AldÆ 2 (Nap) (0020 (20))]
L.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Ultimately from Greek.
WF:
Etym Cog: Seres (ME).
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