noun
pēlămis
Meaning
- a young tunnyfish
pēlămis, ĭdis, and pēlamys, ўdis, f., = πηλαμις and πηλαμύς,
I. a young tunnyfish (before it is a year old;
afterwards called thynnus), Plin. 9, 15, 18, § 47; 32, 11, 53, § 146; Juv. 7, 120.