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πι_νο-τήρης , ου, , (τηρέω)
A.pinna-guard, a small crab that lives in the pinna's shell, said to give warning of approaching danger, Arist. HA547b28, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.207, Plu.2.980b; cf. πινυφύλαξ.
2. metaph., of a diminutive person, 'baby-crab', Ar.V.1510; π. τοῦδε μάντεως χορός (prob. for χοροῦ), posted to give warning, S.Fr. 113.
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