Regulus

['rɛgjʊləs]

Definition

(noun.) a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets.

(noun.) the brightest star in Leo.

Editor: Vince--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; -- called also the Lion's Heart.

Edited by Kathleen

Definition

n. an intermediate and impure product in the smelting of metallic ores: antimony: the golden-crested wren.—adj. Reg′uline.—v.t. Reg′ulise.

Editor: Olaf