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هَدِبٌ

Root: هدب

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هَدِبٌ A horse having a long forelock. The هدبان [pl. of هَدِبٌ, but whether هِدْبَانٌ or هُدْبَانٌ is not shown,] are among those horses that are held in high estimation among the Arabs, and are distinguished as belonging to different tents, or house.
2 الهُدبُ The lion. But accord. to Lth, أَهْدَبُ , as an epithet applied to felt and the like, signifies Having long nap, or villous substance and as an epithet applied to a lion, accord. to the A, it signifies Having long shag [or shaggy hair]: whence it is seen that the correct word [applied to the lion [أَهْدَبُ, q. v.] and هَدِبٌ.
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