μέτηλῠς · metēlys — LSJ
one who passes from one place to another, foreign settler, PFlor. 322.20, al. (iii A.D.), D.P. 689; μετήλυδες Ὠκεανοῖο, of cranes, Tryph. 352.
as Adj., μ. ὀμφητήρ Id. 133; changing, μετήλυδα ταρσὸν ἀμείβων, of a dancer, Nonn. D. 10.241, 12.365.