عِرْبَدٌّ
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, (S, O, K,) quasi-coordinate to جِرْدَحْلٌ, (S, O,) and عِرْبِدٌّ, (K,) A serpent that blows but does not hurt; (S, O, K;) according to Aboo-Kheyreh and ISh, (TA,) or Sh, (O,) a serpent of a red colour with dusky and black specks, (O, TA,) always appearing among us, (O,) that does not hurt, (TA,) or that seldom injures small or great, (O,) unless it be hurt: (O, TA:) or a red and malignant, or noxious, serpent; (O, K;) for a man, in some verses cited by IAar, likens himself, in his treatment of his enemies, to this serpent; and how should he describe himself as a serpent that blows at the enemies and does not hurt them? (TA:) and, (K,) or the former word, according to Sh, (O,) the male viper: (O, K:) and the former, according to Th, a light, or an active, serpent: (L:) or so
عِرْبِدٌ: (TA:) or this last signifies the serpent [absolutely]. (IAar, O, K.)
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