جعل

جُعَلٌ جعل [The species of black beetle called cantharus; ] a certain insect (دُوَيْبَّة); (S, K;) a certain black insect, found in moist places, (TA,) that rolls along a little ball [ of dung ] called دُحْرُوجَة [ in which it deposits its eggs ]: (S and K in art. دحرج:) [see also خُنْفَسَاآءُ: it is strangely explained in the Msb as the حِرْبَاآء, which is the male of the أُمُّ حُبَيْن:] pl. جِعْلَانٌ. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b2- Hence, as being likened thereto, (TA,) A black and ugly and small man: or one who is wont to persist, or to persist obstinately, or to persist in contention or litigation, or to contend or litigate: and (as some say, TA) i. q. رَقِيبٌ [ a watcher, an observer, &c.]. (K, TA.)