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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Emberizidae .
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Also known as Passerella iliaca, it’s the tiniest bird, but chunky in the stippled breast.
BAD GIRL CREEK Jo-Ann Mapson 2001
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The title is a reference to architect Adolf Loos's modernist claim that "Ornament is crime": Passerella and Costantini in turn tried to vindicate the beauty of decoration and flamboyance.
The Art of The Crime juan.les.pins 2006
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