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Multiple Lane's Lexicon entries share the spelling مذنب, distinguished by diacritics. Select the entry that matches the word you're looking for.

• مَذْنَبٌ

  مَذْنَبٌ : see the next paragraph.…

• مِذْنَبٌ

  مِذْنَبٌ A long tail. 2 And [hence, app. for ذُو مِذْنَبٍ], or مُذَنِّبٌ , A [lizard of the kind called] ضَبّ. 3 Also, or مَذْنَبٌ , like مَقْعَدٌ, and مِذْنَبَةٌ , A ladle; because it has a tail, or what resembles a tai…

• مُذَنِّبٌ

  مُذَنِّبٌ [app. applied to a she-camel, accord. to the K, or perhaps to a lizard of the kind called ضَبّ, as seems to be indicated in the TA,] Finding difficulty in parturition, and therefore stretching out her tail: [bu…