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蛸 タコ

  1. octopus
  2. fool; idiot

蛸の枕 タコノマクラ

  1. Japanese sea biscuit (Clypeaster japonicus)

蛸の足 たこのあし

  1. Penthorum chinense (species of saxifrage)

蛸入道 たこにゅうどう

  1. man with a bald or shaven head; octopus

蛸坊主 たこぼうず

  1. man with a bald or shaven head

蛸壺 たこつぼ

  1. octopus pot
  2. foxhole (in a battlefield)
  3. bubble; echo chamber

蛸引き たこひき

  1. long, thin-bladed knife used for sashimi preparation

蛸水母 たこくらげ

  1. Papuan jellyfish; golden medusa; lagoon jelly; spotted jelly (Mastigias papua)

蛸烏賊 たこいか

  1. boreopacific armhook squid (Gonatopsis borealis)

蛸船 たこぶね

  1. eggcase (shell) of the winged argonaut
  2. winged argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta hians)
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