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χελωνοφάγος

chelonophagos

eating tortoises

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What it meant — LSJ

eating tortoises, Lämmergeier

eating tortoises, name of an eagle or Lämmergeier, Hsch.

II turtle-eaters

turtle-eaters, pr. n. of a people on the Arabian Gulf, Str. 16.4.14, D.S. 3.21, etc.; on the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf, Plin. HN 6.109, cf. 9.38, etc.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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