pīnŏtēres and pīnŏthēres (less correctly pinno-), ae, m., = πιννοτήρης or πιννοθήρης,
the pinna-guard , a species of crab found in the shell of the pina, and fabled to keep watch over it , Cic.Fin. 3, 19, 63; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 98; 32, 11, 53, § 150.