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Headword: Μαλάχια
Adler number: mu,98
Translated headword: soft [fishes]
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Those aquatic animals which do not have bones, such as cuttle-fish, octopus. These have no blood or internal organs.[1]
But some write μαλάχεια with a diphthong.
Greek Original:
Μαλάχια: ὅσα τῶν ἐνύδρων ὀστέα οὐκ ἔχει: οἷον σηπία, πολύπους. ταῦτα δὲ καὶ ἄναιμά ἐστι καὶ ἄσπλαγχνα. τινὲς δὲ μαλάχεια διὰ διφθόγγου γράφουσι.
Note:
[1] Aristophanes of Byzantium, Epitome of Aristotle's History of animals 2.2-4. See also sigma 332, pi 1996.
Keywords: definition; medicine; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 9 August 2006@00:44:48.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 9 August 2006@03:42:43.
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