mustela

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

mustēla or mustella, ae, f. [mus].

I A weasel : certum est mustelae posthac numquam credere, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 43; cf. Plin. 29, 4, 16, § 60.—

II A fish; acc. to some, a lamprey; acc. to others, an eelpout , Plin. 9, 17, 29, § 63: marina, Enn. ap. Ap. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 1 Vahl.).

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