دعموص

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دُعْمُوص (duʕmūṣm (plural دَعَامِيص (daʕāmīṣ))

  1. any opaque organism swimming in water and especially if being the non-adult state of an animal, larva in a non-technical sense, a water-insect, tadpole, newt, naiad, diving beetle, etc. [till 9th century, then only unusual learned borrowings]
    Synonym: يَرَقَان (yaraqān)

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