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cucuba

CUCUBA
, Noctua, apud Papiam. Ita emendat Meursius pro Cucuma : unde Cucubare in Carmine de Philomela, quod Ovidio adscribitur. Hesychius κοκκόβα, ἡ γλαύξ. Ita etiam emendat idem Meursius : hinc κουκουβαῖος, cæsius, noctuinus, apud Scholiastem Oppiani. Nostri Coucous Cuculos vocant.

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