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مِرْآسٌ

Root: رأس

Full Definition

مِرْآسٌ A horse that bites the heads of other horses when running with them in a race: or [so in some copies of the K, but in others “ and, ”] that takes precedence of the other horses in a race.
2 See also رَؤُوسٌ.
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