عوف

أُمُّ عُوَيْفٍ ذ A small creeping thing (دُوَيَّبَةٌ), other than the جَرَادَة [which is termed أُمُّ عَوْفٍ]. (TA.) ― -b2- And, accord. to AHát, أَبُو عَوْفٍ A species of the [ beetles called ] جِعْلَان [pl. of جُعَلٌ]: it is a small creeping thing (دُوَيْبَّة), dust-coloured, that excavates with its tail and with its two horns, and [ then ] never appears. (TA.)