Echeneis, a sea beastAccording to Pliny the Elder, the echeneis is a small fish that is often found
Echeneis, a sea beastAccording to Pliny the Elder, the echeneis is a small fish that is often found on rocks. It has the ability to slow the passage of ships by clinging to their hulls. It is also the source of a love-charm and a spell to slow litigation in courts, and can be used to stop fluxes of the womb in pregnant women and to hold back the birth until the proper time. This fish is not eaten. Some say this fish has feet; Aristotle says it does not, but that its limbs resemble wings. Isidore of Seville saysthat the echinais has its name because it clings to a ship and holds it fast (echei-naus). -- source link
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