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Kanji Detail for 蝮 - "pit viper"
蝮
- Meaning
蝮 means "pit viper."
Pit viper - A venomous spotted snake of the family Viperidae.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
viper; adder; asp
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
venomous snake, viper
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
insect; poisonous snake (archaic)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
viper, venomous snake
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A venomous snake. Often lives in damp places. Over a foot long. Head is large. Shaped like a triangle. Mouth has venomous fangs. Entire body is dark gray. Tail becomes suddenly short and small. Its venom is extremely potent. Commonly called 土虺蛇 (ground viper). | An insect name. A type of fly. There are cattle flies, flower flies, robber flies, etc. All are five to six fen long. Cattle flies parasitize on cattle bodies. Wings are brown. Lays eggs in cattle skin. Emerges when pupating. Flower flies look like honeybees. Yellow in color without stingers. Like to suck plant juices. Robber flies have stiff hairs on their bodies. Often rest on leaves. Catch and eat insects. A type of beneficial insect.
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