שיצא

שֵׁיצָאm. ch. sam( שֵׁיץ m. (v. preced.; cmp. נו̇צָה) prickly branch of the date palm.), 1) prickly twig; stony date.Pl. שֵׁיצֵי. M. Kat. 25b bot. טעון דיקלי ש׳ the palms bore stony dates (Rashi: thorns). 2) fin of a whale B. Bath.73b וסגאי … בין ש׳ לש׳וכ׳ and the ship went between one fin of the fish and the other for three days, itself swimming upwards (against the wind), and we floating downwards.Pl. as ab. Ib. ההיא גילרנא … תרי ש׳ Ms. R. a. ed. L (ed. שַׁיְיצֵי) that was a sea gildana (v. גִּלְדָּנָא), which has two fins (on each side).