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مَلِيخٌ

Root: ملخ

Full Definition

مَلِيخٌ , applied to flesh-meat, or, accord. to some, specially to a new-born camel that is slaughtered when it falls from its mother's belly, That has no taste; tasteless; insipid; i. q. مَسِيخٌ. See سَلِيخٌ.
2 Corrupt: or any corrupt food.
3 مَلِيخٌ Milk that slips from the hand.
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