حُلَكَةٌ
1.
, (S, Msb,) or
حُلْكَةٌ, (ISd, K,) and
حَلْكَاءُ (S, Msb, K) and
حُلْكَاءُ (K) and
حَلَكَاءُ and
حُلَكَاءُ, (IDrd, K,) or
حُلَكَى, (L,) and
حُلُكَّى, (IDrd, K,) A species of the [kind of lizard called] عَظَاء: (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 article 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 article نقى;) and they liken to it the fingers (بَنَان) of girls, because of their softness, or suppleness: it is also called حُكَلَةٌ, which is apparently formed by transposition: (Msb:)
حُلْكٌ [is the coll. gen. n., or quasi-plural n. ; for it] signifies شَحْمُ النَّقَا. (L in article عوج.)
2.
For the first of these words, see also حَالِكٌ, in two places.