ācrēdŭla (ă-), ae, f.,
the name of an unknown bird , by which Cic. translates the ὀλολυγών of Aratus, Div. 1, 8, 14; acc. to some, the thrush or the owl , Auct. Carm. Phil. 15.
acrēdula ae, f an unknown animal. ...
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