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| Species: | T. abbas
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The Yellow-winged Tanager, Thraupis abbas, is a Neotropical member of the tanager family. It is distinguished by the yellow patches on its wings, marking an otherwise dark body. Like other members of the genus Thraupis, it is a species of open woodland. It feeds on fruit, insects, and nectar.
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In Roman mythology, Cloacina ("sewer" or "purifier" in archaic Latin) was the goddess who presided over the Cloaca Maxima, the system of sewers in Rome. Titus Tatius, who reigned with Romulus, erected a statue to her. She was originally derived from Etruscan mythology, where she was a protector of sexual intercourse in marriage[citation needed]. The Cloacae were sewers begun by Tarquinius Priscus and finished by Tarquinius Superbus. Because a statue of Venus was found in the cloacae, some have speculated that the Romans adapted the Etruscan goddess to a personality of Venus[citation needed]. Regardless of her original source, Cloacina eventually became an aspect of Venus. She was worshipped as Venus at the small Shrine of Venus Cloacina, situated before the Basilica Aemilia on the Roman Forum.
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http://www.vroma.org/~jruebel/cloacina.html