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• Devil's Bird - Devil's Bird (The). The yellow bunting; is so called from its note, deil. Source: Dictionary of ...
• Bombastus - Bombastus The family name of Aureolus Paracelsus (1493-1541). He is said to have kept a small devil ...
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