תַּנְשֶׁמֶת tanshemeth

Meaning

properly, a hard breather, i.e. the name of two unclean creatures, a lizard and abird (both perhaps from changing color through their irascibility), probably the tree-toad and the water-hen

In the King James Version: mole, swan.

Derivation: from H5395 (נָשַׁם);

Where it is used

• Leviticus 11:18 the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,
• Leviticus 11:30 the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.
• Deuteronomy 14:16 the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,