βύσσα

English (LSJ)

ἡ,
A = βυσσός (depth of the sea), Opp.H.1.453.
II byssa, a bird, Ant.Lib.15.

Spanish (DGE)

-ης, ἡ
I fondo del mar Opp.H.1.453.
II orn.
1 pájaro de Leucótea, prob. gaviota Ant.Lib.15.4.
2 langosta de mar, Cyran.1.2.2, 7, 2.5.20, 21.

German (Pape)

[Seite 468] ἡ, = βυσσός Opp. H. 1, 453; vgl. 5, 159. 176.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

βύσσα: ἡ, = βυσσός, Ὀππ. Ἁλ. 1. 453. ΙΙ. θαλάσσιον πτηνόν, Ἀντων. Λιβ. 15.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: a bird (Ant. Lib. 15)
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Unknown. (DELG has "Voir βύθος, βυσσός." where one sould read (only) "Voir βυθός." (as βυσσός is discussed under βυθός); the suggestion is improbable.