قُرَيْحَآءُ
Root: قرح
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قُرَيْحَآءُ
A certain thing (هَنَةٌ [perhaps a large calculus, which may weigh several pounds,]) that is found in the belly of the horse, like the head of a man: thus in the K, and the like is said in the T and L.
2 And, of the camel, [The ventricle into which it conveys whatever it eats of earth and pebbles;] what is called لَقَّاطَةُ الحَصَى [and more commonly لَاقِطَةُ الحَصَى, q. v.].
2 And, of the camel, [The ventricle into which it conveys whatever it eats of earth and pebbles;] what is called لَقَّاطَةُ الحَصَى [and more commonly لَاقِطَةُ الحَصَى, q. v.].
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