II. falling off, ῥ. θρίξ hair that is shed, Id.Pr.898a32; ῥ. ἄμπελος a vine that sheds its grapes, Thphr. HP4.14.6 (cod. Urb., v.l. ῥοάς), Gp.5.39.1.
III. as Subst., ῥυ^άδες, οἱ, fishes that go in shoals with the currents, like herrings, Arist.HA534a27, 543b14, Ael.NA9.46, al.