فَهْدٌ

[The lynx; lupus cervarius;] a well-known beast of prey; (L, Msb, K;) with which one hunts; and which sleeps much; (L;) called in Pers. يُوزْ: (Mgh:) feminine فَهْدَةٌ: (L. Msb:) plural of the masculine فُهُودٌ (S, Mgh, O, L, Msb, K) and أَفْهُدٌ (O, L, K) which is a plural of pauc.; (O:) and the plural of the feminine, according to analogy, is فَهَدَاتٌ (Msb.) أَنْوَمُ مِنَ الفَهْدِ [More sleepful than the lynx] is a proverb. (A.)

And A nail in the واسِط [or fore part] of the [camel's saddle called] رَحْل; (O, L, K;) also termed كَلْبٌ [q. v.]. (L.) To the creaking sound of this nail the similar sound of a stallion-camel's tushes is likened.