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سَبَيْطَرٌ

Root: سبطر

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سَبَيْطَرٌ and سُبَاطِرٌ Tall, or long.
2 Also the former, A certain bird having a very long neck, which one sees always in shallow water; surnamed أَبُو العَيْزَارِ. [Freytag says, on the authority of Dmr, that it is also called مالك الحزين. See art. ملك.]
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