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خُنَاقِيَّةٌ

Root: خنق

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خُنَاقِيَّةٌ A certain disease in the throats of birds and horses: or a certain disease that attacks the bird in its head, and the horse in its throat, and chokes it: or a certain disease, or wind, that attacks men and horses or similar beasts in the throat, and sometimes attacks birds in the head and throat, mostly appearing in pigeons.
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