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ortygometra

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ortygometram Noun: feminine accusative singular of ortygometra

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ortygŏmētra, ae, f., = ὀρτυγομήτρα,
  • quail-mother, a bird that leads the quails in their migrations across the sea, the landrail: ortygometrā duce, Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 66.—
  • II Transf., a quail, Tert. adv. Psych. 16; Vulg. Sap. 16, 2; 19, 12.

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