μεγακήτης

A. yawning, with mighty hollows, μεγακήτεα πόντον Od. 3.158; with mighty maw, δελφίς Il. 21.22; capacious, νηῦς 8.222, 11.5,600. (Also expld. as derived from κῆτος, μ. πόντος teeming with monsters, μ. νηῦς with a monster as figurehead.)