حُفَّاثٌ
Root: حفث
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حُفَّاثٌ
A certain kind of serpent, that blows, but does not hurt: a kind of serpent larger than that called
حَفِثٌ, speckled with black and white, party-coloured; that eats herbs, or dry pasture, and threatens, but does not hurt any one: or, accord. to Sh, a bulky serpent, with a large head, red, speckled with white and black, resembling that called
الأَسْوَدُ, but not the same as this latter; if one irritate it, its jugular vein becomes distended: accord. to ISh, it is larger than that called
الأَرْقَمُ, but is speckled with black and white in the same manner as this latter: pl. حَفَافِيثُ. [Hence,] اِحْرَنْفَشَ حُفَّاثُهُ
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