زَارَةُ

1.
The حَوْصَلَة [or crop] (AZ, K) of a bird; (AZ, TA;) as also زَاوَرَةٌ, (K, TA,) with fet-h to the و, (TA,) [in the CK زاوِرَة,] and زَاوءُورَةُ (K, TA) [in the CK زاوُرَة]: and القَطَا زَاوَرَةُ The receptacle in which the [bird called] قطا carries water to its young ones. (TA.)
2.
زَارَةُ الأَسَدِ The thicket, wood, or forest, or bed of reeds or canes, (أَجَمَة,) that is the haunt of the lion: so called because of his frequenting it. (IJ.) [See also زَأْرَةٌ, in article زأر.] And زَارٌ A thicket, wood, or forest, (أَجَمَة,) containing [high coarse grass of the kind called] حَلْفَاء, and reeds or canes, and water. (TA.)
3.
(assumed tropical:) A collected number, (K,) or a large collected number, (TA,) of camels, (K,) and of sheep or goats, and of men: or of camels, and of men, from fifty to sixty. (TA.) [See, again, زَأْرَةٌ, in article زأر.]

Perseus ID: n18391