חַרְזָא

חַרְזָאm. (preced. wds.) stinging, spiny. B. Kam.80a (expl. חולדת הסנאים) שרצא הוצא וא״ד ח׳ דקטיניוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שרצא חרצא; for oth. var. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 20; marginal vers. שרצא חרצא וא״ד חרצא) a creeping animal (which is) prickly, and some use the word ḥarza (spiny), with tiny legs. But why ‘creeping?Because its legs are low. V. חַרְצָא.Fem. חַרְזִיתָא, pl. חַרְזְיָיתָא. Erub.26b אצוותא ח׳ Ms. M. (ed. חֲרוּזְיָאחָא, חֲרוּזְיָת׳), v. אַצְוָוא.