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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AURE'LIA, n. [from aurum, or aur, gold, from its color. See Chrysalis.]
In natural history, the nymph or chrysalis of an insect; or the form of an animal, like a worm or maggot, covered with a hardish pellicle, and in a state of seeming insensibility. From this state, it changes to a moth, butterfly or other winged insect.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Aurelia Au*re"li*a (?; 106), n. [NL., fr. L. aurum gold: cf. F. aur['e]lie. Cf. Chrysalis.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies. (b) A genus of jellyfishes. See Discophora.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Ent.) Chrysalis, pupa, nympha.