himantopus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

hĭmantŏpūs, pŏdis, m., = ἱμαντόπους, ποδος, Lat. loripes, thongfoot,

I a kind of long-legged water-fowl , Plin. 10, 47, 64, § 130.—

II Plur. : Hĭmantŏpŏdes , um, m., a people of Aethiopia , Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 46; Mel. 3, 10, 3; Sol. 31, 6; Jul. Val. Res. Gest. Alex. 3, 19.