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ثُعْبَانٌ

Root: ثعب

Full Definition

ثُعْبَانٌ A kind of long serpent: a great serpent; applied to the male and the female: a bulky and long serpent, that hunts the rat or mouse, to which latter animal the name is sometimes metaphorically applied, and that is more useful in the house than are cats: or particularly the male [serpent], that is yellow, and ruddy: or the serpent in general, male and female, great and small: [also applied to an enormous fabulous serpent; described by Kzw and others:] pl. ثَعَابِينُ.
2 [رَئيِسُ الثَّعَابِينِ The basilisk. ]
3 دَمُ الثُّعْبَانِ: see دَمٌ.


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