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The Organs of Generation of Animals
161
Abou sella, the fighter.[1]

2. The verges of animals which have the kind of feet called akhefaf,[2] as, for instance, the camel.

El maloum, the well-known.
El tonil, the long one.
Ech cherita, the riband.[3]
El mostakinme, the firm one.
El heurkal, the swinging one.
El mokheubbi, the hidden one.
Ech chaaf, the tuft.[4]
Tsequil el if aha, the slow-coach.

3. The verges of animals with split horns, like the ox, the sheep, etc.

El aceub, the nerve.
El heurbadj, the rod.
El sonte, the whip.
Requig ed ras, the small head.
El tonil, the long one.
For the ram.
El aicoub, the nervous.

And lastly, the members of animals with claws, as the lion, fox, dog, and other animals of this species.

El kedib, the verge.
El kibouss, the great gland.
El metemerole, the one that will lengthen.
  1. See note 2 on page 129.
  2. Note in the autograph edition.—Akhefaf has no equivalent in French. It is a foot showing rudimentary hoofs or toes united at the sole by a thick and callous epidermis, as seen in the camel.
  3. Id.—Cherita means a plaited riband or flat cord.
  4. Id.—The only sense which can be found in chaaf is that of tuft, frieze, hair in general.