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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>mĕrŭla</b>: ae, f. ([[post]]-[[class]]. collat. form mĕrŭlus, i, m., Auct. Carm. Philom. 13),<br /><b>I</b> a [[blackbird]], [[ousel]], merle.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: evolare merulas, Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42: ut [[merula]], [[quia]] sola volat, [[quasi]] mera [[volans]] nominaretur, Quint. 1, 6, 38; cf. Plin. 10, 29, 42, § 80; 10, 30, 45, § 87; 10, 53, 74, § 147.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[fish]], the [[sea]]-[[carp]]: merulae virentes, Ov. Hal. 114; cf. Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 149.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[kind]] of hydraulic [[machine]] [[that]] produced a [[sound]] [[like]] the [[note]] of the [[blackbird]], Vitr. 10, 12.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>mĕrŭla</b>,¹⁴ æ, f., merle [oiseau] : [[Varro]] L. 5, 76 ; Cic. Fin. 5, 42 || poisson de mer inconnu : Plin. 9, 52 ; Ov. Hal. 114 || merle [machine hydraulique] : Vitr. Arch. 10, 12.
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