عَوْلَقٌ

1.
The [kind of goblin, demon, devil, or jinnee, called] غُول; (S, O, K;) as also عَلُوقٌ. (K.)
2.
And A bitch vehemently desirous [of the male]. (S, K.)
3.
And The wolf. (K. [But what here follows suggests that الذِّيءْبُ in the copies of the K may be a mistranscription for الذَّنَبُ.])
4.
The saying هٰذَا حَدِيثٌ طَوِيلُ العَوْلَقِ means [lit. This narrative, or story, is] long in the tail. (S.) Kr mentions the phrase إِنَّهُ لَطَوِيلُ العَوْلَقِ without particularizing a narrative or story, or any other thing. (TA.)
5.
Also (tropical:) Hunger: (K, TA:) like عَوَقٌ. (O in article عوق.)

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