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هَامَةٌ

Root: هم

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هَامَةٌ , pl. هَوَامُّ, Any venomous creeping thing or reptile or the like, that may be killed; such as the scorpion, and the serpent: and a louse; what has deadly venom; as the scorpion: and sometimes, what is noxious: any reptile or the like, from the louse to the serpent; but its application to the louse is tropical: any venomous or noxious reptile or the like; such as the scorpion, and the serpent: the like of serpents and scorpions; because they creep (تَهِمُّ, i. e. تَدِبّ).
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