Commentary for Arakhin 13:36

בד"א שהיה זבח זבוח באותה שעה אבל אין זבח זבוח נעשה כמי שחטא באותה שעה ואין נזקקין לו:

But there was a case in which [the child] moved three times? - Mar son of R'Ashi said: That is analogous to the tail of a lizard which moves [after being cut off].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Although no more alive; similarly such moving on the part of the child is no sign of its life.');">²⁰</span>

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