רָחוֹשׁ, (רָחַשׁ) an ornament in the shape of a reptile, used as a gem or amulet. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. I, 9 a ‘reptile’ (scarabee &c.) which is broken (out of its setting), or whose point is broken off, is not susceptible of uncleanness; but if the hooks remain on it on both sides &c. Tosef. Ab. Zar. V (VI), 2 הר׳ העשוי כמין הדרקון וכ׳ a raḥosh which is made like a dragon (intimating an idolatrous emblem, v. צִיץ) is forbidden, but if a dragon is suspended from it, you may throw the dragon away &c.; Y. ib. III, 42ᵈ top [read:] המוצא ר׳ עשוי כמין דרקון אסור וכ׳.