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pullificare

pullificare [ML < CL pullus+-ficare], ~ere , (of bird) to hatch eggs, produce young. androgia, que gallinis ova supponat ~ancia [gl.: pullos faciencia] Neckam Ut. 101; nidificant, ovant, ~ant, pullos generatos nutriunt Bart. Angl. XII 1 intr.; omnes aves cum ~ant faciunt ova Ib.; quamdiu cinis ibi duravit, corvus numquam ~abit Holcot Wisd. 61; sicut et edificans, ~ans et fetificans ab eodem pullo et fetu futuris per acciones quas agunt ad ista finaliter terminandas Bradw. CD 664A; Aristoteles libro quinto ‥ dicit quod columbe pro majori parte ~ant marem et feminam Upton 177; ~io, to hacche chykyn WW.

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