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κόχλος

κόχλος, a shell-fish with a spiral shell

κόχλος, ὁ,
  • shell-fish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing purple, Lat. murex, Arist. HA 528a1, AP 5.227 (Paul.Sil.); used as a trumpet, E. IT 303, Theoc. 22.75, Mosch. 2.124: also fem., Naumach. ap. Stob. 4.31.76, Paus. 3.21.6; Κασπίῃ ἐν κ., of a large sea-shell, A.R. 3.859.
      • 2 land snail, Arist. Mir. 846b13.
      • 3 kohl, Eust. 728.47.

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