火鼠

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • a fire-rat: an imaginary creature of ancient China resembling a white rat, thought to live in the volcanoes of the South China Sea and to have fireproof fur

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 火 (fire, w) + Japanese 鼠 (mouse, rat).

Origin

Japanese

Gloss

mouse, rat

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

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