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أموس amūs
amoz (or: amidon)
– for amūs: fresh-water tortoise (zool.) show/hide quotes-
Aris. Anim. II 671a31: Animal vero quod dicitur Graece amoz non habet renes neque vesicam
Kruk: فاما الحيوان الذى يسمى باليونانية اموس فليس له كليتان ولا مثانة
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Aris. Anim. II 671a33: Quoniam illa mollities est causa dissolutionis humiditatis, et propter hoc non habet amoz aliquod istorum membrorum
- 2 Aris. Anim. II
< Arabic < Greek ἐμύς. The Latin term is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.
The Arabic term is not documented in Lisān, Freytag, Lane, Dozy and Wehr.