Definition of Urania
U`ra´ni`a
n.
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
.
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