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alapar (or: alifcar)
الأقار al-aqār (?)
n. ʾqār – ‘al-aqār’ (?) (unidentified species of fish) (name of the constellation Cetus) (astr.) show/hide quotes-
Albu. Intro. JS 216, 169: Et ascendit in prima facie … cauda tructe marine que dicitur Alifcar, et dicitur Chaitoz
Lemay 374, 96: وذنب سمكةٍ بحرية يقال لها الأقار، ويقال لها أيضًا قيطس
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Albu. Intro. JS 217, 204: Et ascendit pectus tructe et caput eius, et est Alapar
Lemay 374, 119: ويطلع صدر السمكة ورأسها وهو الأقار
- 2 Albu. Intro. JS
Lemay 1995, vol. III, 428. The Arabic term is not documented in Lisān, Freytag, Lane, Dozy and Wehr.
< Arabic al-aqār. The Latin terms are not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.