λεπῐδωτός · lepidōtos — LSJ
scaly, δέρμα, of the crocodile, Hdt. 2.68; ἰχθύες Arist. HA 505a24, al.; σῶμα Paul.Aeg. 6.78.
θώρηξ λ. a cuirass covered with scales, Hdt. 9.22, cf. D.C. 78.37.
as Subst. λ., ὁ, a fish of the Nile with large scales, Hdt. 2.72; = κυπρῖνος, Dorio ap. Ath. 7.309b. (Prob. Cyprinus bynni.)
a kind of gem, Orph. L. 287.