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starnus

starnus [cf. CL sturnus, AS stearn], kind of bird, var. identified. perdices, fasiani, ~i, coturnices, minores aves quemadmodum in superiori cura Gilb. I 39. 1; carnes gallinarum pinguium ‥ perdicum, ~arum et avium mollis carnis cum fissis pedibus Gad. 18. 1; sternorum, i. plovers SB 41; ~a vel ~us avis est, parva perdix SB 164; evolavere nigre volucres, ad sternorum quantitatem grandiuscule Wals. HA II 421; hujus generis est et alia parva avis, nostrati lingua sterna appellata, quae marinis laris ita similis est ut sola magnitudine et colore ab illis differre videatur Turner Av. (1903) 78.

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