κήξ

A. tern or sea-swallow, ἄντλῳ δ’ ἐνδούπησε πεσοῦσ’ ὡς εἰναλίη κήξ Od. 15.479:—also in the forms καύαξ, = λάρος, Hsch., and καύηξ Hippon. 2 (nisi leg. καύης, q.v.), Antim. Eleg. 6, Euph. 130, Call. Fr. 167, Lyc. 741, AP 7.652 (Leon.); κῆϋξ, Babr. 115.2, Dionys. Av. 2.7.