Etymology

tsuchinoko

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Today it means: A legendary snake-like cryptid of Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 槌の子
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from槌の子
  2. English todaytsuchinoko

Borrowed from Japanese 槌の子 (tsuchinoko, literally “hammer's spawn”).

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