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auˈrelian, a. and n.
[f. prec. + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to an aurelia; gen. gold-coloured, golden.
1791E. Darwin Bot. Gard. i. 134 Glad Zephyr..pausing flings Soft showers of roses from Aurelian [? butterfly] wings. 1883C. Holder in Harper's Mag. Jan. 181/2 The..dysmorphosa..illumines it with a light of deep aurelian hue.
B. n. A collector and breeder of insects, especially of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist.
1778M. Harris (title), Aurelian; or, Natural History of English Insects, namely, Moths and Butterflies..and their standard names, as given and established by the Society of Aurelians. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1843) II. 244 A butterfly called by Aurelians the large Skipper. |
