جَزُورٌ

A camel [that is slaughtered, or to be slaughtered]; (K;) applied to the male and the female: (S, Msb:) or (as some say, Sgh, Msb) properly a she-camel that is slaughtered: (Sgh, Msb, K:) but the former is the correct assertion; (TA;) though the word is feminine, (IAmb, S, Msb, TA,) on the authority of hearsay; (TA;) therefore you say, رَعَتِ الجَزُورء [the camel for slaughter pastured]: (IAmb, Msb:) or when used alone, it is feminine, because what are slaughtered are mostly she-camels: (TA:) and when used as a common term, it implies the like of predominance [of the feminine gender]: (Háshiyeh of Esh-Shiháb, TA:) [the shares into which the جزور is divided in the game called المَيْسِر are described voce بَدْءٌ:] plural جُزُرٌ (S, Msb, K) and جَزَايءِرُ and جُزُرَاتٌ, (Msb, K,) the last of which is plural of جُزُرٌ, like as طُرُقَاتٌ is of طُرُقٌ. (TA.)