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 vvyp,aros ovk aAeyet* ro 8e /xtv vepuerai re Kol epTrei, 

 etaoKe rpv^op^evov pav eXrj p^opos e^ ohvvdcov 

 oipe Se ytvcoaKei veKvos SeSaty/xeVos- alxP'fj. 



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 vrix^-rai darep,(f)ris, pieydpcov 6p6<j)oiaLV eoiKcjs, 

 drpoTTog dp.(j)Lradeis, avv 8' epx^rai, rj Kev Lj^ai 

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 eariqaev rov 8 ovri Trdyrjs Xoxov oppbaivovra 



" Ael. I.e. rb ^^oxov t^s KecpaXij^, ?oiKe de rpiripovs e/i/36Xy Kal 

 /idXa ye 6^ei, Kal fiXXws ^x*' ^^kv T'pibvwv. 



* Ael. I.e. Kal Kaivorara 8rjwov dwoKrelvacra dv^prjTai. 



" A. 540 b 17 (TeXdxv ^' fc^l rd re elpy^fxiva Kal jSovs Kal \d/iia 

 Kal deroj Kal vdpKtj Kal ^drpaxos Kal irdvra to. ya\ew57]; 566 b 2 

 5eX0is Kal <pd\aiva Kal rd 6.\\a K-fjTr), 6<ra /it] l^f /^P'^TX'" 

 dWd (f>v(rr)TTjpa ^upoTOKovaiv, ?ti 8e irpLcms Kal ^ovs ; Plin. ix. 

 78 Planorum piscium alterum est genus quod pro spina 

 cartilaginem habet, ut raiae, pastinacae, squatinae, torpedo, 

 et quos bovis, lamiae, aquilae, ranae nominibus Graeci 



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