الصَّرَّارُ
Root: صر
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الصَّرَّارُ
, or صَرَّارُ اللَّيْلِ, or both, (Mgh in art. خطب,) and
, (M and L in art. جد,) The
جُدْجُد; [a cricket, which is called the صَرَّار in the present day]; a certain thing that creaks (يَصِرُّ); a small flying thing; it is larger than the
جُنْدَب, and is called by some of the Arabs
الصَّدَى: A 'Obeyd says that this last term signifies a certain flying thing that creaks (يَصِرُّ) by night, and hops, and flies, thought by the [common] people to be the جُنْدَب, and found in the deserts.
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