ˌsərchəˈla(a)rēə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin sertula ( campana ) melilot (diminutive of serta, garland, melilot, from feminine of sertus, past participle of serere to entwine, bind together) + New Latin -aria — more at series
: a genus (the type of the family Sertulariidae) of delicate branching calyptoblastic hydroids having small sessile hydrothecae arranged bilaterally along the sides of the branches