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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AURELIA

n.[from aurum, or aur, gold, from its color. See Chrysalis. ] In natural history, the nymph or chrysalis of an insect; or the form of an animal, like a worm or maggot, covered with a hardish pellicle, and in a state of seeming insensibility. From this state, it changes to a moth, butterfly or other winged insect.

 

AURELIAN

a.Like or pertaining to the aurelia.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AURELIA

Au *re "li *a, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. L. aurum gold: cf. F. aurélie. Cf. Chrysalis. ] (Zoöl.) (a ) The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies. (b ) A genus of jellyfishes. See Discophora.

 

AURELIAN

AURELIAN Au *re "li *an, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the aurelia.

 

AURELIAN

AURELIAN Au *re "li *an, n.

 

Defn: An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Aurelian

Au re li an |ôˈrēlēən ɔˈriliən | ( c. 215 –275 ), Roman emperor 270 –275; Latin name Lucius Domitius Aurelianus.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Aurelian

Aurelian |ɔːˈriːlɪən | ( c. 215 –75 ), Roman emperor 270 –5; Latin name Lucius Domitius Aurelianus. Originally a common soldier, he rose through the ranks and was elected emperor by the army.

 

Duden Dictionary

Aurelia

Au re lia Eigenname Aurelie |Aur e lia |weiblicher Vorname

 

Aurelian

Au re li an Eigenname |Aureli a n |römischer Kaiser