蛸

Meaning

蛸 centers on the octopus, a sea creature known for its eight arms and soft body.

• 蛸たこ
  N1

  octopus

• 真蛸まだこ

  common octopus (Octopus vulgaris)

• 寒天蛸かんてんだこ

  seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus)

• 手長蛸てながだこ

  long-armed octopus (Octopus minor)

• 水蛸みずだこ

  giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini); North Pacific giant octopus

• 腕長隠れ蛸うでながかくれだこ

  algae octopus (Abdopus aculeatus)

• 船蛸ふねだこ

  winged argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta hians)

• 蛸の枕たこのまくら

  Japanese sea biscuit (Clypeaster japonicus)

• 蛸の足たこのあし

  Penthorum chinense (species of saxifrage)

• 蛸入道たこにゅうどう

  octopus; man with a bald or shaven head

• 蛸坊主たこぼうず

  man with a bald or shaven head

• 蛸壺たこつぼ

  octopus pot

• 蛸引きたこひき

  long, thin-bladed knife used for sashimi preparation

• 蛸水母たこくらげ

  spotted jelly (Mastigias papua); lagoon jelly; golden medusa; Papuan jellyfish

• 蛸烏賊たこいか

  boreopacific armhook squid (Gonatopsis borealis)

• 蛸船たこぶね

  eggcase (shell) of the winged argonaut

• 蛸足たこあし

  many-legged; octopus-like

• 蛸配当たこはいとう

  bogus dividend

• 貝蛸かいだこ

  greater argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta argo)

• 面蛸めんだこ

  flapjack octopus (Opisthoteuthis depressa); pancake devilfish

Explore all words using 蛸 →