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Urania
U-ra′ni-a
,Noun.
[L., from Gr. [GREEK], i. e., the Heavenly, fr. [GREEK] heavenly, fr. [GREEK] heaven.]
1.
(Class. Myth.)
One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy.
2.
(Zool.)
A genus of large, brilliantly colored moths native of the West Indies and South America. Their bright colored and tailed hind wings and their diurnal flight cause them to closely resemble butterflies.
Definition 2024
Urania
Urania
Translingual
Urania spp. (in the four corners)
Etymology
After Urania (“muse of astronomy”), conventionally shown dressed in a cloak embroidered with stars.
Proper noun
Urania f
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Panorpida - superorder; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Uranoiidea - superfamily; Uraniidae - family; Uraniinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- For the numerous species see
Urania on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
English
Proper noun
Urania
Translations
the Muse of astronomy
See also
- (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania