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カマキリ
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For pronunciation and definitions of
カマキリ
– see the following entry.
【
かまきり
】
[noun]
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
[noun]
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
)
Alternative spellings
蟷螂
,
螳螂
,
鎌切
,
杜父魚
(This term,
カマキリ
, is the katakana spelling of the above term.)