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merilio

merilio [ME merilioun, AN emeriliun, OF esmerillon < Gmc.] , (falc.) merlin (Falco aesalon or lithofalco. 1209 hominibus ‥ qui attulerunt merilones Misae 116; memorandum de ~one Johannis de Culno, qui jacuit mortuus per diem et noctem ‥ et, mensuratus ad comitem, convaluit Mir. Montf. 78; 1306 Johanni de Staundon’ port’ unum merillonem KR Ac 369/11 f. 130v; 1336 arream de esperveris et merlonibus DL Couch. III 150; c1380 cariat espervarios et merliones Surv. Durh. Hatf. 61; merilliones aves sunt, ut dicit Alexander Neckam, sic vulgariter nominate, non multum majoris forme sunt set colore dissimiles quam merule, excepto quod pedes, ungues, et rostrum habent dissimiles. aves prede cupidissime sunt et quia parve et parvi roboris sunt, parvarum avium insecutrices nominantur: socialiter enim volant tres vel quatuor quando predantur Upton 197.

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