ἀκανθ-ίας · akanth-ias — LSJ
prickly thing
prickly thing, and so,
1 shark, Squalus acanthias
kind of shark, prob. Squalus acanthias L., Arist. HA 565a29, 621b17.
2 grasshopper
kind of grasshopper, Ael. NA 10.44.
3
= ἀσφάραγος, Poll. 1.247, 6.54.
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ἀκανθ-ίας
akanthias · ὁ
prickly thing
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