حفث

حُفَّاثٌ حفاث A certain kind of serpent, that blows, but does not hurt: (S:) a kind of serpent larger than that called حَفِثٌ, (K, TA,) speckled with black and white, party-coloured; that eats herbs, or dry pasture, and threatens, but does not hurt any one: (TA:) or, accord. to Sh, a bulky serpent, with a large head, red, speckled with white and black, resembling that called الأَسْوَدُ, but not the same as this latter; if one irritate it, its jugular vein becomes distended: accord. to ISh, it is larger than that called الأَرْقَمُ, but is speckled with black and white in the same manner as this latter: pl. حَفَافِيثُ. (Az, TA.) [Hence,] اِحْرَنْفَشَ حُفَّاثُهُ (tropical:) His external jugular veins (أَوْدَاجُهُ [likened to serpents]) became distended by rage, or anger. (TA.)