Jastrow: צִפַּרְתָּא

צִפַּרְתָּא, צִי׳ f. (v. צִיפַּר) fowl, esp. a small bird, (supposed to be) the humming bird. Snh. 107ᵃ אתא שטן … כצי׳ Satan came to him disguised as a bird (Yalk. Sam. 148 כטביא). Succ. 5ᵇ כאפי דצ׳ as large as the face of a tsipparta, opp. בר יוכני. Sabb. 80ᵇ דצ׳ the egg of a ts. Yoma 75ᵇ והוי כציפורתא the quail (s’lau) was no larger than a ts.; a. e.; v. צְפִירְתָּא.—צ׳ דדיקלא ‘the bird of the palm’ (= h. צפורת כרמים) a species of locusts. Sabb. 90ᵇ Ar. ed. Koh. (missing in ed.).