רָשׁוֹן, (רשש) rashon, a species of locusts (= b. h. סָלְעָם). Ḥull. 65ᵃ; Sifra Sh’mini, Par. 3, ch. V; Yalk. Lev. 537. Ḥull. 65ᵇ חרגול זה ר׳ ḥargol (Lev. XI, 22) means rashon. Ib. 66ᵃ. Y. Nidd. III, 50ᵈ top איזהו … כל שתחלת ברייתו דומה לר׳ what is the articulated embryo of which they speak? One that in its early stage resembles the shape of a rashon; Tosef. Nidd. IV, 10 ברושם (Var. בראשו, corr. acc.); Bab. Nidd. 25ᵃ כר׳ Ar. (ed. מראשו, corr. acc.); Lev. R. s. 14 צורת … דומה לר׳ how is the embryo formed? At first it resembles &c.; Yalk. ib. 547.