φωλίς
From LSJ
εἰς πέλαγος σπέρµα βαλεῖν καὶ γράµµατα γράψαι ἀµφότερος µόχθος τε κενὸς καὶ πρᾶξις ἄκαρπος → throwing seeds and writing letters at sea are both a vain and fruitless endeavor
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ, a kind of
A fish, Arist.HA 621b8.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1321] ίδος, ἡ, ein Meerfisch, der sich im eignen Schleime verbirgt, Arist. H. A. 9, 37.
