Μαλακόστρακοι
crustaceous, soft-shelled
Translated by David Whitehead6 May 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
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 · Adler’s text
Μαλακόστρακοι· ἰχθύες, ὅσα ἐκδύεται· οἷον ἀστακοί, καρίδες, πάγουροι, καρκίνοι. ταῦτα δὲ μόνα ἐκδύονται.
Betacode
*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 (1)
- From the Epitome of Aristotle's History of Animals by Aristophanes of Byzantium.
- 1The Greek has two words for crabs here, pagouroi and karkinoi; the distinction between them is not clear. ↩
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