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τερηδών

τερηδών, the wood-worm

τερηδών, όνος, ἡ,
  • wood-worm, Ar. Eq. 1308, Thphr. HP 5.4.4, Plb. 6.10.3.
      • 2 a grub which infests beehives, larva of the wax-moth, Galleria mellonella (cf. πυραύστης), Arist. HA 605b17.
      • 3 a worm in the bowels, Id. Fr. 241.
    • II caries, in the bones, Hp. Morb. 2.24, al. (Cf. τετραίνω, Skt. tṛṇatti ‘bore through’, Lith. trandis ‘hairworm, moth’.)

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