الفَاسِيَةُ
Root: فسو
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الفَاسِيَةُ
and
الفَاسِيَآءُ and
The [beetle called] خُنْفَسَآء; which emits a noiseless wind, and makes the party to stink by its foul odour: the pl. of the first is الفَوَاسِى. Hence the prov., أَفْحَشُ مِنْ فَاسِيَةٍ i. e. [More foul than] a
خنفساء.
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