REGULUS
Regulus, genus Regulus
(noun) a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets
Regulus
(noun) the brightest star in Leo
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Regulus
(star) A star in the constellation Leo; alpha (α) Leonis.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Regulus
a Roman cognomen
Anagrams
• Gurules
Etymology
Noun
regulus (plural reguli or reguluses)
An impure metal formed beneath slag during the smelting of ores.
Anagrams
• Gurules
Source: Wiktionary
Reg"u*lus (-ls), n.; pl. E. Reguluses (-Reguli (-l. Etym: [L., a
petty king, prince, dim. of rex, regis, a king: cf. F. régule. See
Regal.]
1. A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence.
2. (Chem. & Metal.)
Definition: The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure
state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and
reduction of ores.
Note: The name was introduced by the alchemists, and applied by them
in the first instance to antimony. Ilittle king; and from the
facility with which antimony alloyed with gold, these empirical
philosophers had great hopes that this metal, antimony, would lead
them to the discovery of the philosopher's stone. Ure.
3. (Astron.)
Definition: A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; --
called also the Lion's Heart.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition