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مَغْرِضٌ

Root: غرض

Full Definition

مَغْرِضٌ The part of a camel which is like the مَحْزِم [or place of the girth] of a دَابَّة, [i. e.] of a horse and mule and ass; which is the sides of the belly, at the lower part of the ribs; for these are the places of the غَرْض, in the bellies of camels: and مُغَرَّضٌ signifies [the same: i. e.] the place of the غُرْضَة, or غَرْض; and also the belly: or the former signifies the head of the shoulder-blade, in which is the مُشَاش [or prominent part], beneath the cartilage: or the inner part of what is between the arm [and] the place where the شَرَاسِيف [or cartilages of the ribs] end pl. مَغَارِضُ.
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