عقرب

عُقْرُبَانٌ ذ : see عَقْرَبٌ, first sentence, in three places. ― -b2- Also, [or it has this meaning only, as stated above, voce عَقْرَبٌ,] A certain creeping thing, having long legs, and the tail of which is not like that of the عَقْرَب [or scorpion ]: (S, IB, O, TA:) or a small creeping thing that enters the ear; long, yellow, and having many legs: (TA:) i. q. دَخَّالُ الأُذُنِ [an appellation now applied to the earwig ]; (Az, K;) and (K) so ↓ عُقْرُبَّانٌ. (O, K.)