A.any sea-monster or huge fish, “δελφῖνάς τε κύνας τε καὶ εἴ ποθι μεῖζον ἑλῃσι κῆτος” Od.12.97, cf. 5.421, Il.20.147, Mosch.2.116; of seals, Od.4.446,452; of the monster to which Andromeda was exposed, E.Fr.121, cf. Ar.Nu.556, Th.1033; of the tunny, Archestr. Fr.34.3.
2. in Natural History, of the spouting cetacea, Arist.HA566b2, PA669a8, 697a16.