pelamys

• pēlamis

From the Ancient Greek πηλαμύς (pēlamús).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.la.mys/, [ˈpeː.ɫa.mʏs]

pēlamys f (genitive pēlamydis); third declension

1. a young tunny (a.k.a. tuna) before it reaches one year of age (thereafter called thynnus)
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Third declension.

• pēlămis…and pēlamys in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pelamys in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pēlămis…et pēlămy̆s in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “1,133/1”
• “pēlamys…⁓is” on page 1,319/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)