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Alauda

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A Roman legion raised by Julius Cæsar in Gaul, and so called because they carried a lark’s tuft on the top of their helmets.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Aladine
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Alans
Alarcon
Alarm
Alarum Bell
Alasnam
Alasnam’s Mirror
Alastor
Alauda
Alawy
Alb
Albadara
Alban (St.)
Albania
Albanian Hat (An)
Albano Stone
Albany
Albati
Albatross