Chelidonius

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow.

— anciently worn as a medicinal charm.

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chelidonius
chĕlīdŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = χελιδόνιος, I pertaining to the swallow : lapilli, found in the crop of...

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