astăcus, i, m., = ἄστακος,
a kind of crab , Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 9.
A´STACUS(Ἄστακος: Eth. Ἀνστακηνίς, Ἀστάκιος), a town on the W. coast of Acarnania, on the bay now ca...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
·noun A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied s...
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