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hocoz
أوقس ūqus
n. (vocalization uncertain) ʾwqs – wryneck (zool.) show/hide quotes-
Aris. Anim. II 695a23: Animal vero quod dicitur Graece hocoz non habet nisi in anteriori duos pedes et in posteriori duos pedes tantum
Kruk: فاما الحيوان الذى يسمى باليونانية اوقس فليس له الا فى المقدم رجلان وفى المؤخر رجلان فقط
- 1 Aris. Anim. II
The Arabic term is not documented in Lisān, Freytag, Lane, Dozy and Wehr.
< Arabic < Greek ἴυγξ. Van Oppenraaij 1998, 307. The Latin term is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.