μελᾰ/ν-δρῡς,
ῠος,
ὁ,
A). a large kind of tunny,
Pamphil. ap.
Ath. 3.121b :—hence
μελάνδρυα (sc.
τεμάχη),
τά,
cheap cuts of tunny,
Xenocr. ap.
Orib. 2.58.146 (said to resemble black oak-roots, cf.
Plin. HN 9.48 ); and
μελανδρύαι (sc.
τόμοι),
οἱ,
Ath. l. c.,
7.315e .