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tsuchinoko

tsuchinoko noun: a legendary snake-like cryptid of Japan.

Noun

tsuchinoko (plural tsuchinoko)

  1. A legendary snake-like cryptid of Japan.

Forms of tsuchinoko

pluraltsuchinoko

Origin of tsuchinoko

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

Questions about tsuchinoko

What does tsuchinoko mean?
Tsuchinoko means a legendary snake-like cryptid of Japan.
What part of speech is tsuchinoko?
Tsuchinoko is a noun.
What is the plural of tsuchinoko?
The plural of tsuchinoko is tsuchinoko.

Words near tsuchinoko in the dictionary

  1. tsubas
  2. Tsubasa
  3. tsubo
  4. tsubos
  5. tsuchigumo
  6. tsuchinoko
  7. Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
  8. Tsuchiura
  9. Tsuchiya
  10. Tsuen Wan
  11. tsuga

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