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جُدْجُدٌ

Root: جد

Full Definition

جُدْجُدٌ [The cricket;] i. q. صَرَّارُ اللَّيْلِ, a small flying thing, that leaps, or springs, or bounds, much, and creaks by night, and bears a resemblance to the جَرَاد [or locust]: and a certain insect like the جُنْدَب, except that it is generally blackish, and short, but in some instances inclining to white; also called صَرْصَرٌ: or i. q. صَدًى and جُنْدَبٌ: pl. جَدَاجِدُ. Accord. to IAar, A certain insect that clings to a skin, or hide, and eats it.

def.2 See also جُدٌّ.
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