ălōpex, ĕcis, f., = ἀλωπεκίας,
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.