κήξ,κηκός,ἡ , a sea-bird, perh. the
A. ternorsea-swallow, ἄντλῳ δ' ἐνδούπησε πεσοῦς' ὡς εἰναλίη κήξ
Od. 15.479
:—also in the formsκαύαξ, = λάρος , Hsch. , andκαύηξ
Hippon. 2 (nisi leg.καύης, q.v.), Antim. Eleg. 6 , Euph. 130 , Call. Fr. 167 , Lyc. 741 , AP 7.652 ( Leon. );κῆϋξ, Babr. 115.2 , Dionys. Av. 2.7 .