غَبَبٌ
Root: غب
Full Definition
غَبَبٌ
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غَبْغَبٌ The flesh that hangs down under the part beneath the chin and lower jaw: or what hangs down beneath that part of an ox or cow [i. e. the dewlap], and beneath the beak of the cock: and the wrinkled skin of the part where the lower hairs of the chin grow: and the former word, what hangs down under the part beneath the lower jaw of the ox or cow and of the sheep or goat: and the غبغب is [what hangs down under the part beneath the lower mandible] of the cock and of the bull [i. e. the wattle of the cock and the dewlap of the bull]: and this is also used in relation to an old woman: and, metaphorically, in relation to the chameleon: and in like manner in relation to the stallion-camel, [as meaning the part below the under jaw,] as the camel has really no غبغب: [the pl. of غَبَبٌ is أَغْبَابٌ: see طِمْطِمٌ.]
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