pinoteres

pīnŏtēres and pīnŏthēres (less correctly pinno-), ae, m., = πιννοτήρης or πιννοθήρης,

• the pinna-guard, a species of crab found in the shell of the pina, and fabled to keep watch over it, Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 63; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 98; 32, 11, 53, § 150.

pīnotērēs (pīnothērās), ae, m. (πινοτήρης), der Pinenwächter, Hüter der Steckmuschel (pina), die kleinste Art von Krebsen, nach Harduin Bruder Bernhard (Cancer Bernhardus, L.), Cic. de fin. 3, 63. Plin. 9, 98 (pinotheras); 32, 150. – ➳ Über die Schreibweise s. pīna.

pīnotērēs (-thērēs) ae, m

• , πινοτήρης, the pinna-guard, a crab, parasite of the pina.