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

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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

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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

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