noun.
An old native name of any South American vulture excepting the condor; an urubu, tzopilotl, gallinazo, turkey-buzzard, or carrion-crow.
noun.
[capitalized] In Greek myth, a personification of the lighter winds or breezes, the divinities of the air.
noun.
A supposed influence, force, or imponderable matter proceeding from a body and surrounding it as an atmosphere; specifically, an imponderable substance supposed to emanate from all living things, to consist of the subtle essence of the individual, and to be a means of manifesting what is called animal magnetism, and also a medium for the operation of alleged mesmeric, clairvoyant, and somnambulic powers. Also called nerve-aura, or nervaura.
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Figuratively, atmosphere; air; character, etc.
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A peculiar sensation resembling that produced by a current of air. See epileptic aura, below.