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ὄνυξι· διὸ καὶ τοὺς ὄνυχας γαμ ψοτέρους ἔχουσιν. τῶν δʼ ἄλλων ἑκάστῳ πρὸς τὸν βίον χρήσιμόν ἐστι τὸ ῥύγχος, οἷον τοῖς μὲν δρυοκόποις ίσχυρὸν καὶ σκληρόν, καὶ κὸραξι καὶ κορακύδεσι, τοῖς δὲ μικροῖς γλαφυρὸν πρὸς τὰς συλλογὰς τῶν καρπῶν καὶ τὰς
λήψεις τῶν ζφδαρίων.
ὄνυξι· διὸ καὶ τοὺς ὄνυχας γαμ ψοτέρους ἔχουσιν. τῶν δʼ ἄλλων ἑκάστῳ πρὸς τὸν βίον χρήσιμόν ἐστι τὸ ῥύγχος, οἷον τοῖς μὲν δρυοκόποις ίσχυρὸν καὶ σκληρόν, καὶ κὸραξι καὶ κορακύδεσι, τοῖς δὲ μικροῖς γλαφυρὸν πρὸς τὰς συλλογὰς τῶν καρπῶν καὶ τὰς
λήψεις τῶν ζφδαρίων.
De partibus animalium. Aristotle. ed. Bernhard Langkavel. United States. 2016.
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