عفل doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has 3 entries for it, distinguished by diacritics. Select one below for the full classical Arabic definition.

• عَفِلَتْ Form 1

  1 عَفِلَتْ ذ , aor. عَفَلَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. عَفَلٌ, (Msb,) said of a woman, (Msb, K,) and of a she-camel, (K,) or of any female, (Msb,) She had a certain thing, (Msb, K,) called عَفَلٌ and عَفَلَةٌ, (K.) come forth in…

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• عَفْلٌ

  عَفْلٌ ذ [in the CK (erroneously) عَفَل] The part of a sheep or goat, (Ks, S, O,) or of a ram, (K,) which is the place where it is felt, (Ks, S, O,) between its hind legs, (Ks, S,) to know whether it be fat or lean. (Ks,…

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• عَفَلٌ

  عَفَلٌ ذ A certain thing that comes forth in the vulva of a woman and of a camel, resembling the أُدْرَة [or scrotal hernia (in the TA the أُدْرَة in the خُصْيَة)] of men; as also : (S, O, K: [the latter word is said in …

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