نمس

أَنْمَسُ ذ Of a dusky, or dingy, colour, (K,) [ like the نِمْس, or ichneumon. ] ― -b2- Hence, [its pl.] نُمْسٌ is applied to [ A certain species ( namely the كُدْرِىّ) of ] the kind of birds called قَطًا. (K.)