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rubicilla

rubicilla [cf. CL rubeus], kind of bird, ? bullfinch (Pyrrhula). ~am Aristoteles in eas aves connumerat que vermibus vescuntur. ego nominis etymologiam secutus ~am Anglorum bulfincam ‥ esse conjicio Turner Av. Ii; a bulfinche, bird ribicilla Levins Manip. 134.

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