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Headword:
*malako/strakoi
Adler number: mu,95
Translated headword: crustaceous, soft-shelled
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [A term for] fishes, [i.e. the kinds] which shed their coverings; such as lobsters, shrimps, crabs.[1] These alone shed their coverings.
Greek Original:*malako/strakoi: i)xqu/es, o(/sa e)kdu/etai: oi(=on a)stakoi/, kari/des, pa/gouroi, karki/noi. tau=ta de\ mo/na e)kdu/ontai.
Notes:
From the Epitome of
Aristotle's
History of Animals by
Aristophanes of
Byzantium.
[1] The Greek has two words for crabs here,
pagouroi and
karkinoi; the distinction between them is not clear.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 6 May 2008@06:55:51.
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