θῠρεο-ειδής · thyreo-eidēs — LSJ
shield-shaped, thyroid
shield-shaped: χόνδρος θυρεοειδής (male θυροειδής) the thyroid cartilage (in the larynx), Gal. 2.839, UP 7.11, al.; νῆσος θ. Str. 17.2.2; θ. τόπος prob. for θυρο- in Hippiatr. 40.
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θῠρεο-ειδής
thureoeides
shield-shaped
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