καρχᾰρ-ίας · karchar-ias — LSJ
shark
a kind of shark, so called from its saw-like teeth, Pl.Com. 173.13, Mnesim. 4.36 (anap.), Thphr. HP 4.7.2, Numen. ap. Ath. 7.327a: metaph., ἁ γαστὴρ ὑμέων κ. Sophr. 46.
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καρχᾰρ-ίας
karcharias · ὁ
shark
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