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Webster 1913 Edition
Aurelia
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Au-re′li-a
(?; 106)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
(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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Aurelia
AURE'LIA
,Noun.
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.