ἀποφυάς

άδος, ἡ
A. = ἀπόφυσις, appendage, τῶν ἐντέρων, of the caeca of birds and fishes, Arist. HA 507b33, 509a17.
2. outgrowth, Thphr. HP 7.2.5.
3. branch of a blood-vessel, Hp. Oss. 11, Arist. PA 667b17.
4. one of the spines on the tail of the martichoras, Id. HA 501a31.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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