pelamis

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

pēlămis, ĭdis, and pēlamys, ydis, f., = πηλαμις and πηλαμύς,

a young tunnyfish (before it is a year old; afterwards called thynnus), Plin. 9, 15, 18, § 47; 32, 11, 53, § 146; Juv. 7, 120.