Sippikā¹

feminine a pearl oyster Ja.i.426; Ja.ii.100 (sippikasambukaṃ); Vism.362 (in comp.) = Vb-a.68.

fr. sippī

Sippikā²

at Thag.49 is difficult to understand. It must mean a kind of bird (˚abhiruta), and may be (so Kern) a misread pippikā (cp. Sk. pippaka & pippīka). See also; Brethren p. 53³.