- Original: תּנשׁמת - Transliteration: Tanshemeth - Phonetic: tan-sheh'-meth - Definition: 1. an unclean animal of some kind a. an unclean bird 1. perhaps the ibis, water-hen, species of owl, barn owl b. an unclean lizard 1. perhaps the chameleon c. perhaps an extinct lizard or bird, exact meaning unknown - Origin: from H5395 - TWOT entry: 1433b - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From H5395 ; properly a hard breather that is the name of two unclean creatures a lizard and a bird (both perhaps from changing color through their irascibility) probably the tree toad and the water hen: - mole swan. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • mole, 1 Leviticus 11:30 • swan, 2 Leviticus 11:18; Deuteronomy 14:16