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1 catoblepas
cătōblĕpas, ae, m., = katôbleps or katôblepôn (that looks down), a wild animal in Ethiopia, perhaps a species of buffalo, or the gnu, a species of antelope, Mel. 3, 9, 9; Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77.
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