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χρόνον. ἐπειδὰν δὲ παρὰ τὴν ἔκφυσιν ὑποδυομένη ἡ σὰρξ καὶ μαλακῶς ἐντέμνουσα χωρίσῃ τὴν μαργαρῖτιν ἀπὸ τοῦ κόγχου, ἀμπέχουσα μὲν οὐκέτι τρέφει, λειοτέραν δ᾽ αὐτὴν καὶ διαυγεστέραν ποιεῖ καὶ καθαρωτέραν. ἡ μὲν οὖν ἐμβύθιος πίννα
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διαυγεστάτην καὶ καθαρωτάτην καὶ μεγάλην γεννᾷ μαργαρῖτιν, ἡ δὲ ἐπιπολάζουσα καὶ ἀνωφερὴς διὰ τὸ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου ἀκτινοβολεῖσθαι δύσχρους καὶ ἥσσων: κινδυνεύουσι δ᾽ οἱ θηρῶντες τοὺς μαργαρίτας,
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