קַלָּנִיתָא, (קְלַל) name of a very lean bird, ḳallanitha. Ḥull. 102ᵇ בק׳ such is the case with the ḳ.; והא ק׳ עוף טמא הוא but the ḳ. is an unclean bird?; כעין ק׳ a clean bird similar in build to the ḳ.—B. Bath. 20ᵃ ק׳ לא מסרטא but the ḳ. does not scratch (and a child may play with it)!; כעין ק׳ (a bird that does scratch, but is) similar &c.