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melotida

melotida [LL] 1 wool (removed from animal). melonda [l. melotida] succida, i. lana mollis Alph. 113. 2 (lana ~a) byssal filament of certain mussels. Gilb. III 148. 2 (v. 1 lana 4d); [margarite] inveniuntur in quibusdam piscibus similibus concule marine; in superficie habent lanam †meloadam [l. melotidam] que valet ad dolorem dentium Ib. IV 200. 1; melotida appellatur lana que invenitur in coccis [i. e. conchis] illius piscis in quo sunt margarite Alph. 114.

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