قِرْدٌ
1.
[The ape; the monkey; and the baboon;] a certain animal, (TA,) well known: (L, K:) feminine with ة: (S, L, Msb:) plural [of pauc., of the masculine,] أَقْرُدٌ, (L, Msb,) and أَقْرَادٌ, (L, K,) and [of mult., of the same,] قُرُودٌ and قِرَدَةٌ, (S, L, Msb, K,) and [quasi-plural n.] قَرِدَةٌ; (K;) and plural of the feminine, (S, L, Msb,) قِرَدٌ. (S, L, Msb, K.) Hence the proverb أَزْنَى مِنْ قِرْدٍ [More incontinent than an ape]; because the قِرْد is the most incontinent of animals: (K:) such is generally said to be the meaning of this proverb: (TA:) or (according to A'Obeyd, S, L) by قرد is here meant a man of the tribe of Hudheyl, named Kird, the son of Mo'áwiyeh. (S, L, K.)
2.
اِبْنُ القِرْدِ
The
حَوْدَل. (TA in article بنى.)