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Noun

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かまきり or カマキリ (kamakiri

  1. 蟷螂, 螳螂, 鎌切: a mantis (any of various large insects of the order Mantodea); (by extension, from the slender build of the insect) a skinny person or horse
  2. 鎌切, 杜父魚, 蟷螂, 螳螂: a fourspine sculpin, a fish of species Cottus kazika, more commonly known as 鮎掛 (ayukake)