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humā(see humā`e), s.m. Name of a fabulous bird commonly regarded in the East as a bird of happy omen (it is supposed to fly constantly in the air and never to touch the ground; and that every head it overshadows will in time wear a crown);—a phœnix;—a large royal eagle;—a bird of paradise (cf. `anqā).
Origin: Persian