noun
ălōpex
Meaning
- a kind of shark
ălōpex, ĕcis, f., = ἀλωπεκίας,
I. a kind of shark, also called, in pure Lat., volpes marina, sea - fox, thresher - shark: squalus vulpes, Cuv.; Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145; cf.:
volpes marinae simili in periculo glutiunt, id. 9, 43, 67, § 145.