κίγκλος,
ὁ, prob.
A). dabchick, Podiceps ruficollis,
Ar. Fr. 29 ,
Autocr. 1 ,
Anaxandr. 41.66 ,
Arist. HA 593b5 : prov.,
κίγκλου πτωχότερος 'poor as a church mouse', because it had no nest of its own,
Men. 221 , cf.
Ael. NA 12.9 :—
Suid. has
κίγκαλος, but
κιγκάλους is unmetrical as a fish-name in
Numen. ap.
Ath. 7.326a .