مُلَاعِبُ
Root: لعب
Full Definition
مُلَاعِبُ
A certain bird; found in the desert; sometimes called
خَاطِفُ ظِلِّهِ, [see art. خطف,] because of the swiftness with which it pounces down: it has a green (or gray,
أَخْضَر,) back, white belly, long wings, and short neck. Of two you say
مُلَاعِبَا ظِلَّيْهِمَا; and of three, مُلَاعِبَاتُ أَظْلَالِهِنَّ; because the appellation becomes determinate. (TA. [But see ظِلٌّ.])