زَنِمٌ ذ A camel having a ↓ زَنَمَة , i. e. a thing [or portion] of the ear cut (S, K) and left hanging down [therefrom], (S,) which is done to camels of generous race (S, K) only; (S;) as also ↓ أَزْنَمُ and ↓ مُزَنَّمٌ : fem. زَنِمَةٌ and ↓ زَنْمَآءُ and ↓ مُزَنَّمَةٌ : (S, K:) pl. of pauc. أَزْنُمُ and زَنِمَاتٌ. (Yákoot, TA.) [See also أَزْلَمُ.] ― -b2- ضَائِنَةٌ زَنِمَةٌ (assumed tropical:) A ewe that is held in high estimation; [not signifying having a زَنَمَة, as meaning “ having a kind of wattle; ”] for [it is asserted that] the sheep has no زَنَمَة; that pertaining only to the goat. (S. [But see زَنَمَةٌ.])
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