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aurelia|ɒˈriːlɪə, ɔː-, ə-|
[a. It. aurelia ‘the [silk] worm when shut up in his pod’ (Baretti); from fem. of aurelio ‘shining like gold, yellow, golden; also the little wings of butterflies’ (Florio 1598); f. L. aurum gold; thus synonymous with chrysalis, Gr. χρυσαλλίς, f. χρυσός gold.]
1. Ent. The chrysalis or pupa of an insect, esp. of a butterfly. (Now scarcely in use, chrysalis being the ordinary term.)
1607Topsell Serpents 669 All Caterpillers are not converted into Aureliaes. 1667Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual., Then Aurelia's (or husked Maggots), and then Butterflies. 1713Derham Phys. Theol. viii. v. 409 They retire to Places of Safety..and put on their Aurelia or Chrysalis State. 1854H. Miller Footpr. Creat. viii. (1874) 152 An intermediate period of apparent death as an inert aurelia.
†2. The Gold-flower (Heliochrysum Stœchas). Obs.
1598Florio [Aurelia, the herb called Mothweede, or golden Floweramour, or golden Stœchados or Cudweede], Eliocriss, the gold flower or herbe Aurelia.
3. Zool. A genus of phosphorescent marine animals of the class Acalephæ.
1876Beneden Anim. Parasites 33 Alex. Agassiz once found a Hyperina on the disc of an Aurelia. |