Definition for NU'CLE-US

NU'CLE-US, n.

  1. R. from ma, a nut.]
  2. Properly, the kernel of at nut; but in usage, any body about which matter is collected. Woodward.
  3. The body of a comet, called also its head, which appears to be surrounded with light.

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