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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Seraph \Ser"aph\, noun; pl. E. {Seraphs}, Heb. {Seraphim}. [Heb. ser[=a]phim, pl.] One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels. --Isa. vi. 2.
As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. --Pope.
{Seraph moth} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of geometrid moths of the genus {Lobophora}, having the hind wings deeply bilobed, so that they seem to have six wings.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
seraph
noun: an angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child [also: {seraphim} (pl)]
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