المُعَنَّقَةُ

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المُعَنَّقَةُ , or , like مُحَدِّثَة, thus in the copies of the K, but correctly with kesr to the م, [app. ,] pl. مَعَانِقُ, A certain small creeping thing; AHát says that المَعَانِقُ signifies [the small creeping things called] مُقَرِّضَاتُ الأَسَاقِى [that gnaw holes in the skins used for water or milk], having neck-rings (أَطْوَاق), [app. white marks round the neck, for it is added,] with a whiteness in their necks.

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