حَوْصَلَةٌ
Root: حصل
Full Definition
2 The حَوْصَلَة of a bird is [The stomach; the triple stomach, consisting of the crop, or craw, the second stomach, and the gizzard, or true stomach: and often, particularly, the first of these three: see جِرِّيْئَةٌ and جِرِّيَّةٌٓ:] that which, to a bird, is like the مَعِدَة to a man; also called حَوْصَلَّةٌ and حَوْصَلَآءُ and حَوْصَلٌ : and of an animal having a cloven hoof or a خُفّ, i. q. مَصَارِينُ [q. v.]: pl. حَوَاصِلُ.
3 Hence the حَوَاصِل [i. e.
4 Also, the sing., The lower part of the belly, as far as the pubes, of a man, and of any animal: or the place where the feces collect, below the navel: or the part between the navel and the pubes.
5 نَاقَةٌ ضَخْمَةُ الحَوْصَلَةِ A she-camel big in the belly.
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