μελᾰ́ν-δρῡς,ῠος,ὁ,
A. a large kind of tunny, Pamphil. ap. Ath. 3.121b :—henceμελάνδρυα(sc.τεμάχη),τά,cheap cuts of tunny, Xenocr. ap. Orib. 2.58.146 (said to resemble black oak-roots, cf. Plin. HN 9.48 ); andμελανδρύαι(sc.τόμοι),οἱ, Ath. l. c., 7.315e .