ὀλολυγών

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English (LSJ)

όνος, ἡ,

   A croaking of the male frog, Arist.HA536a11, Ael.NA9.13 ; note of water-creatures, ib.6.19.    II in Theoc.7.139, Arat.948, an unknown animal, evidently named from its note : some take it for a small owl, others for a singing bird, others again for the tree-frog ; cf. Eub.104, Thphr.Sign.42, AP5.291.5 (Agath.).