ἀκανθίας

ου, ὁ
A. prickly thing, and so,
1. kind of shark, prob. Squalus acanthias L., Arist. HA 565a29, 621b17.
2. kind of grasshopper, Ael. NA 10.44.
3. = ἀσφάραγος, Poll. 1.247, 6.54.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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