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curruca

curruca, a hedge - sparrow, i. e. cuckold

currūca, ae, f., wahrsch. die singende Grasmücke (Motacilla modularis, L.), die die ihr vom Kuckuck ins Nest gelegten Eier ausbrütet, dah. übtr. der Hahnrei, Iuven. 6, 276 ed. Heinr. (ed. Iahn et Hermann Uruca).

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