kuneae

Updated: April 30, 2025

It is remarkable that galerus, which is Latin for a hat, signifies likewise a dog-fish, as the Greek word kuneae doth the skin of that animal; of which I suppose the hats or helmets of the ancients were composed, as ours at present are of the beaver or rabbit.

Henry Fielding - The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great