ălōpex

ĕcis, f.
I. a kind of shark, also called, in pure Lat., volpes marina, sea - fox, thresher - shark: squalus vulpes, Cuv.; Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145; cf.: volpes marinae simili in periculo glutiunt, id. 9, 43, 67, § 145.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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