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spondylus

spondylus (sphond-), i, m., = σπόνδυλος (σφόνδυλος).
  • A joint of the spine, a vertebra, spondyle, Plin. 29, 4, 20, § 67; 32, 10, 38, § 116; Veg. Vet. 6, 1, 1.—
  • II The hard white or muscle of an oyster or other bivalve, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 60; 32, 11, 54, § 154.—
  • III A kind of muscle: Spondylus gaederopus, Linn.; Metell. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9; Mart. 7, 20, 14; Sen. Ep. 95, 26 and 28; Col. 8, 16, 7; Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 151.

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