חִלָּזוֹן, חִילָּ׳, חֲלָ׳ m. (v. preced.) 1) conchiferous animal, snail, oyster, esp. purple-fish, purple-shell used for dying t’kheleth (תְּכֵלֶת). Snh. 91ᵃ ח׳ אחד (ed. אחת, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 60 a. Ar. s. v.). Pesik. B’shall. p. 92ᵃ ח׳ הזה וכ׳ as the snail grows, its shell grows with it; Deut. R. s. 7, end—Sabb. 26ᵃ (expl. יגבים, Jer. LII, 16) ציידי ח׳ וכ׳ the shellfishers from &c. Men. 44ᵃ. Meg. 6ᵃ; a. fr.—Pl. חִלְזוֹנוֹת. Snh. l. c. —2) name of a beetle or locust, v. next w.—Y. Sabb. I, 3ᵇ. Yalk. Ex. 185; Tanḥ. Vaera, ed. Bub. 19. —3) (cmp. Lat. Cochlea) a snail-shaped piece of a chain, screw. Kel. XII, 1; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. II, 3. —4) an eye-disease, also called נחש. Bekh. VI, 2; ib. 38ᵇ. Sifra Emor ch. II, Par. 3.—[Kidd. 72ᵃ; Yeb. 16ᵇ, v. חַלְוָון.]