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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Alauda.
 
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.   1
 


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