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θύννος. τοῦτόν φησιν Ἀριστοτέλης εἰσπλεῖν εἰς τὸν Πόντον ἐχόμενον τῆς γῆς: ἐν τῷ δεξιῷ ὀφθαλμῷ βλέπειν, τῷ γὰρ εὐωνύμῳ ἀμβλυωπεῖν. ἔχει δ᾽ ὑπὸ τὰ πτερύγια τὸν λεγόμενον οἶστρον. χαίρει δὲ ἀλέᾳ: διὸ καὶ πρὸς τὴν ἄμμον πρόσεισι. γίνεται δὲ ἐδώδιμος ὅταν τοῦ οἴστρου παύσηται, μίσγεται δὲ μετὰ τὴν φωλείαν, ὥς φησι Θεόφραστος, καὶ ἕως μὲν ἂν ἔχῃ μικρὰ τὰ κυήματα,
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