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حُدَلِقَةٌ حدلقه حدلقة (mentioned in the K in art. حدلق) A large حَدَقَة [or black of the eye]: (S, K:) a meaning which shows the ل to be augmentative: (TA:) or some part of the body that is unknown: (K:) one says, أَكَلَ الذِّئْبُ مِنَ الشَّاةِ الحُدَلِقَةَ [the wolf ate, of the sheep, or goat, the حدلقة]: A'Obeyd says, it is some part of the body thereof, but I know not what it is: (S:) or the eye: (S, K:) so says Lh; (S;) and so Kr: (TA:) As heard an Arab of the desert, of the Benoo-Saad, say that it means its غَلْصَمَة [or epiglottis]. (IB, TA.) ― -b2- عَيْنٌ حُدَلِقَةٌ An eye of which the ball, or globe, is prominent, or large and prominent; or of which the black is prominent; syn. جَاحِظَةٌ. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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