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كُلَّابٌ

Root: كلب

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كُلَّابٌ and A spur; the iron instrument that is in the boot of him who breaks in a horse.
2 كُلَّابٌ and (and كُلُّوبٌ , MF, art. سبح q. v.,) [A flesh-hook;] an iron implement with which meat is taken out of the cooking-pot: pl. كَلَالِيبُ: an iron flesh-hook, with prongs: a hooked iron; like خُطَّاف: a piece of wood at the head of which is a hook, of the same or of iron: an iron instrument for roasting flesh-meat: syn. سَفُّود. See كَلْبٌ.
3 كَلَالِيبُ The talons of a falcon: pl. of كَلُّوبٌ.
4 The thorns of a tree.
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