regius : Idioms & Phrases


hippo regius

  • noun an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria
    Hippo.
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lampris regius

  • noun large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
    moonfish; opah.
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plagianthus regius

  • noun deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton
    ribbon tree; ribbonwood; Plagianthus betulinus.
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Regius professor

  • noun holder of a British professorship created by a royal patron
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  • an incumbent of a professorship founded by royal bounty, as in an English university.
Webster 1913