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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6)

Note 2037 — BOOK VIII. THE NATURE OF THE TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS. (continued 2)

John Bostock translation

Pliny probably took this from Varro, B. ii. c. 2. This term is derived from πείκω, “to shear,” with the negative prefix.—B.

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