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סְמָמִי‏ n.f. gecko

gecko JPAEpig, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA. TN Lev11:30 : וסממתה‏ †. PJ Lev11:30 : ומינקת חיויא וכחא ושממיתא וקצוצא וסלמנדרא‏ the "snake sucker" [=MT: וְהָאֲנָקָה], the k'-lizzard, the gecko, the "hewer", and the salamander.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 382b; Jastrow: 1002; Levy Ch-W: 2:172;

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