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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French sérac, literally, a kind of white cheese, from Medieval Latin seracium whey, from Latin serum whey — more at serum Date: 1860 a pinnacle, sharp ridge, or block of ice among the crevasses of a glacier

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. one of the tower-shaped masses into which a glacier is divided at steep points by crevasses crossing it. Etymology: Swiss F sérac, orig. the name of a compact white cheese

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

S'erac S['e]`rac", n. [F. (in the Alps), orig., a kind of solid cheese.] A pinnacle of ice among the crevasses of a glacier; also, one of the blocks into which a glacier breaks on a steep grade.