قنفذمَا أَبْيَضُ شَطْرًا أَسْوَدُ ظَهْرًا يَمْشِى قِمْطَرًا وَيَبُولُ قَطْرًا What is white in one half, black in the back, that walks contractedly, and makes water in drops? An enigma: to which the answer is, The قُنْفُذ [q. v.]. (L.) b2:  قُنْفُذُ لَيْلٍOne who sleeps not [during the night]; because the قنفذ sleeps not: (L:) and a calumniator; a slanderer; (L, K;) as also أَنْقَدُ لَيْلٍ. (L.) b3:  Also قُنْفُذٌ and قُنْفَذٌ The rat, or mouse; syn. فَارٌ: (K:) fem. with ة. (TA.) b4:  قُنْفُذٌ (assumed tropical:)  The part behind the ear of a camel, whence the sweat exudes. (S, L, K.) b5: And, with ة, (assumed tropical:)  The part of the head that is below that which is called the قَمَحْدُوَة. (L.) b6: قُنْفُذٌ (assumed tropical:)  A place that produces tangled herbage: (S, L, K:) an elevated place abounding with trees: AHn  says, that what is thus termed is in hard ground, between what is termed قُفّ and sand. (L.) b7: قُنْفُذُ رَمْلٍ (assumed tropical:)  Sand collected together, (Aboo-Kheyreh, L, K,) and elevated, (K,) or somewhat elevated: (Aboo-Kheyreh, L:) or the abundance of trees of sand: or, as some say, قُنْفَذُ رَمْلٍ, with fet-h, signifies abundance and tallness of trees of sand. (L.) b8:  قُنْفُذٌ (L, K) and with ة (L) (assumed tropical:)  A tree in the midst of sand. (L, K.) b9:  قَنَافِذُ (assumed tropical:)  Mountains that are not long: or long and narrow tracts, (أَحْبُل, L, K, TA: in the CK, أَجْبُل, or mountains,) of sand: (L, K:) or hills with pointed heads (نَبَكٌ) lying in the way, or road. (Th, L, K.)