صِفْرِدٌ
Root: صفرد
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صِفْرِدٌ
A certain bird, of a cowardly nature, larger than the sparrow, that frequents houses, and is the most cowardly of birds; it is afraid of the [little bird called] صَعْوَة; and is by the vulgar called
أَبُو المَلِيحِ. أَجْبَنُ
مِنْ صِفْرِدٍ [More cowardly than a sifrid] is a prov., asserted by AO to be postclassical.
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