צָבוּעַ m. (צָבַע) 1) Part. pass. of צָבע, q. v. —2) [the checkered,] tsabuʿa, leopard, or the striped hyœna(?), v. אָפָא. B. Kam. 16ᵃ צ׳ זכר לאחר … נעשה נקבה וכ׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) the male tsabuʿa after seven years is changed into a female, the female … into a bat; Y. Sabb. I, 3ᵇ bot. Gen. R. s. 7, end הצ׳ הזה מטפה של וכ׳ the tsabuʿa is formed from a white drop, and has 365 colors. Tosef. B. Kam. I, 4; B. Kam. l. c.; Y. ib. I, end, 2ᶜ. Ib. בצ׳ זכר יש לו שעה וכ׳ it refers to the male ts. which at certain times is as fierce as a lion; a. e.