عَوْهَجٌ
Root: عهج
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عَوْهَجٌ
Long-necked; applied to a gazelle, and to a she-camel, and to an ostrich, or a male ostrich. And A young she-camel: or one perfect in make: or only one beautiful in colour, long in the neck: and also applied to a gazelle, or young gazelle, in all these senses: and to a woman as meaning perfect in make, and beautiful: or long-necked. And A long-legged ostrich: or it app. means thus: and [simply] an ostrich. And A gazelle having two black lines, or stripes, on its flanks: or, accord. to As, striped in the neck. And A serpent; like عَوْمَجٌ and عَمَجٌ and عُمَّجٌ: it is said to have this meaning by El-Bushtee; but Az says that it is a mistranscription; correctly عَوْمَجٌ, with م. It is also the name of A stallion of the camels, which belonged to [the tribe of] Mahrah, characterized by the beauty of his make.
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