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regulus

regulus noun: an impure metal formed beneath slag during the smelting of ores.

Noun

regulus (plural reguli or reguluses)

  1. An impure metal formed beneath slag during the smelting of ores.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Regulus

Regulus

  1. A star in the constellation Leo; alpha (α) Leonis.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Regulus

Regulus

  1. a Roman cognomen

regulus meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

regulus in Tamil

அடித் தங்கும் வண்டல், கீழ்த்தங்கும், வண்டல்

regulus in Malayalam

Regulus, the tenth constellation
മകം makaṁ

Forms of regulus

pluralreguli
pluralreguluses

Origin of regulus

Borrowed from Latin regulus.

Latin regulus (“petty king”).

Borrowed from Latin Regulus.

Questions about regulus

What does regulus mean?
Regulus means an impure metal formed beneath slag during the smelting of ores.
What is regulus in Tamil?
Regulus in Tamil is அடித் தங்கும் வண்டல், கீழ்த்தங்கும், வண்டல். See Regulus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is regulus?
Regulus can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of regulus?
The plural of regulus is reguli.

Words near regulus in the dictionary

  1. regulome
  2. regulomes
  3. regulon
  4. regulons
  5. regulos
  6. regulus
  7. reguluses
  8. regur
  9. regurg
  10. regurge
  11. regurged

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Adapted from Wiktionary: regulus (page history and authors); Regulus (page history and authors); regulus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); മകം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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