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amie
أميا amiyā
n. (vocalization uncertain) ʾmyā – amia (a small kind of tuna fish) (zool.) show/hide quotes-
Aris. Anim. II 676b21: In aliis invenitur prope intestinum, et propter hoc invenitur fel contextum super intestina omnia, sicut invenitur in animali marino quod dicitur amie
Kruk: وربما كانت المرة منسوجة مع كل المعاء مثل ما توجد فى الحيوان البحرى الذى يسمى باليونانية اميا
- 1 Aris. Anim. II
The Arabic term is not documented in Lisān, Freytag, Lane, Dozy and Wehr.
< Arabic < Greek ἀμία. Van Oppenraaij 1998, 276. MLW s.v. amia.