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مُضَبِّبٌ ذ A hunter of the [lizard called] ضَبّ, who pours water into its hole, in order that it may come forth and he may take it: (S, O:) or one who seeks to catch the ضَبّ by moving about his hand at its hole in order that it may come forth tail-foremost and he may lay hold upon its tail. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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