خُشَّافٌ
Root: خشف
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خُشَّافٌ
A certain nocturnal flying thing; the خُفَّاش [or bat], that flies by night: so says El-Fárábee, in section ش: formed by transposition from the latter word, which is the more chaste: or rather so called because of its خَفَشَان, i. e. its going about, or round about, by
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