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In entomology, like or pertaining to the aurelia: as, the aurelian form of an insect.
An entomologist devoted to the study of lepidopterous insects only. With the exception of a few Aurelians, as the students of Lepidoptera were then [1853] termed. J. O. Westwood, 1883.

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And clasps her lover with aurelian wings. — The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes
Stretch the long root, or wave the aurelian wing. — The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes
Soft showers of roses from aurelian wings. — The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation
And nations hover on aurelian wing; — The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation
Spreads the blue, aurelian pinion. — The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832

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from aurelia, 1, + -an.

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