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الفَاسِيَآءُ

Root: فسو

Full Definition

الفَاسِيَآءُ : see the next preceding paragraph.
2 [اِبْنُ الفَاسِيَآءِ is an appellation of The insect called قَرَنْبَى, resembling the beetle called خُنْفَسَآء, or somewhat larger than the latter, with long hind legs, and with a speckled back: for القَرَنْبَى, as the explanation of ا, the TA, in art. بنى, has القرينى; and the TT, in that art., as from the T,. الفُرَنَى: what I have here substituted for these is evidently, in my opinion, right.]
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