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nure-onna

nure-onna noun: a Japanese yokai which resembles a reptilian creature with the head of a woman and the body of a snake.

nure-onna: a Japanese yokai which resembles a reptilian creature with the head of a woman and the body of a...
Image: Sawaki Sūshi (佐脇嵩之, Japanase, *1707, †1772), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

nure-onna (plural nure-onna)

  1. A Japanese yokai which resembles a reptilian creature with the head of a woman and the body of a snake.

Forms of nure-onna

pluralnure-onna

Origin of nure-onna

Borrowed from Japanese

Questions about nure-onna

What does nure-onna mean?
Nure-onna means a Japanese yokai which resembles a reptilian creature with the head of a woman and the body of a snake.
What part of speech is nure-onna?
Nure-onna is a noun.
What is the plural of nure-onna?
The plural of nure-onna is nure-onna.

Words near nure-onna in the dictionary

  1. nurdled
  2. nurdles
  3. nurdling
  4. nurds
  5. nurdy
  6. nure-onna
  7. Nurembega
  8. Nuremberg
  9. Nuremberg defence
  10. Nuremberg defences
  11. Nuremberg defense

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