أَرْقَشُ

; feminine رَقْشَاءُ; (S, M, &c.;) plural رُقْشٌ; (A;) Variegated with duskiness, or dinginess, and blackness; or the like of those two hues; applied to the [species of locust called] جُنْدَب: (M, TA:) and the feminine, applied to a serpent (حَيَّة), (S, M, IAth, K,) signifies the same: (M:) or speckled with black and white; (S, K;) and so when applied to a she-goat: (IAar, M:) or, applied to a serpent, it signifies one of the viper-species (أَفْعًى); because of the lines and specks upon its back: (IAth:) and أَرْقَشُ الأُذُنَيْنِ having his ears variegated with black and white, and the rest of his hair black; applied to a kid. (S.)

Also the feminine, A small creeping thing (M, K) that is found in herbs, a variegated and beautiful worm, (M,) resembling [another small creeping thing called] the حُمْطُوط, (M, K,) speckled with red and yellow. (IDrd, TA.) Sgh., or his copyist, has corrupted حمطوط into خُطُوط. (TA.)

Also the feminine, The شِقْشِقَة [i. e. the bursa faucium, or faucial bag,] of the camel: (S, A, K:) or the شقشقة of the camel is sometimes رقشاء, having in it a mixture of colours. (IDrd.)