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حُلَكَةٌ حلك حلكه حلكة , (S, Msb,) or ↓ حُلْكَةٌ , (ISd, K,) and ↓ حَلْكَآءُ (S, Msb, K) and ↓ حُلْكَآءُ (K) and ↓ حَلَكَآءُ and ↓ حُلَكَآءُ , (IDrd, K,) or ↓ حُلَكَى , (L,) and ↓ حُلُكَّى , (IDrd, K,) A species of the [kind of lizard called] عَظَآء: (S, Msb, K: [in the CK, erroneously, غِطاء:]) or (S, K [but in the Msb which is]) a small reptile, (S, Msb, K,) resembling a fish, of a blue [or greyish] color, and glistening, (Msb,) or smooth, and having a mixture of whiteness and redness, (TA in art. نقى,) that dives into the sand, (S, Msb, K,) like as the aquatic bird dives into the water; the Arabs call it بَنَاتُ النَّقَا, because it dwells in the sand-hills; (Msb;) and شَحْمَةُ النَّقَا; (TA in art. نقى;) and they liken to it the fingers (بَنَان) of girls, because of their softness, or suppleness: it is also called حُكَلَةٌ, which is app. formed by transposition: (Msb:) ↓ حُلْكٌ [is the coll. gen. n., or quasi-pl. n. ; for it] signifies شَحْمُ النَّقَا. (L in art. عوج.) -A2- For the first of these words, see also حَالِكٌ, in two places.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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