هَامَةٌ

, plural هَوَامُّ, Any venomous creeping thing or reptile or the like, that may be killed; such as the scorpion, and the serpent: and (tropical:) a louse; (Mgh:) what has deadly venom; as the scorpion: (Az, Msb:) and sometimes, what is noxious: (Msb:) any reptile or the like, from the louse to the serpent; (AHát, Msb:) but its application to the louse is tropical: (Msb:) any venomous or noxious reptile or the like; such as the scorpion, and the serpent: the like of serpents and scorpions; because they creep (تَهِمُّ, i. e. تَدِبّ). (JK.)