Long; applied to a neck. (M.) And, as also ↓مَشْنُوقٌ, Long in the head; applied to a horse and to a camel; and so شَنْقَاءُ [the feminine of the former] and ↓شِنَاقٌ applied to the female. (M.) For the feminine, see also شِنَاقٌ.
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-A2- [The feminine] شَنْقَاءُ signifies [also] A female bird that feeds her young ones with her bill, ejecting the food into their mouths. (O, K.)