שֶׁקֶץ, preced.) abomination, abominable thing, esp. (v. Lev. XX, 25) unclean animal. Tosef. Nidd. II, 3 מכאן … כיונק ש׳ after that (after the child is twenty-four months old) it is like sucking unclean matter; Y. ib. I, 49ᵇ; Keth. 60ᵃ.—Pl. שְׁקָצִים. Nidd. III, 2 ש׳ ורמשים forbidden animals and reptiles. Snh. VIII, 2 ש׳ ורמשים all kinds of forbidden food; a. fr.