זִיז I m. (זוּז or זעזע) 1) ז׳ שבעדשים name of a mite in lentils.—Pl. זִיזִים, זִיזִין. Ḥull. 67ᵇ; Sifra Sh’mini Par. 10, ch. XII; Y. Ter. VIII, 45ᵇ bot. —2) spider.—Pl. as above. Y. Sabb. XIV, beg. 14ᵇ (differ. in Bab. Sabb. 106ᵇ, a. Tosef. ib. XII (XIII), 4).—[Tosef. Bekh. I, 8 דבש הזיזין ed. Zuck. Var. הגוזין, v. הִגְזִין.] —3) name of a fabulous bird (ref. to Ps. L, 11). Lev. R. s. 22, end. B. Bath. 73ᵇ