Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

شَوْشَبٌ

Root: شب

Full Definition

شَوْشَبٌ The scorpion.
2 And The louse; syn. قَمْلٌ: or the ant; syn. نَمْلٌ: (K in art. ششب:) fem. [or perhaps n. un.] with ة.


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