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Serrature

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Ser´ra`ture
n.1.A notching, like that between the teeth of a saw, in the edge of anything.
2.One of the teeth in a serrated edge; a serration.


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Can we consider the sting of the wasp or of the bee as perfect, which, when used against many attacking animals, cannot be withdrawn, owing to the backward serratures, and so inevitably causes the death of the insect by tearing out its viscera?
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