Dehisco
From TTT
Latin-English
dĕhisc|ō, -ĕre, dĕhīvī, —. (deˈis.ko) v. intrans.
- To come apart, to gape open.
Loci
- αʹ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.50:
| Acus sive belone unus piscium dehiscente propter multitudinem utero parit. | The pipefish (acus, or belone) is the one fish that gives birth by its womb splitting open, due to its great number [of young]. |
