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Meaning of 蛸

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Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 13; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (mollusk) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
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    • [ chóng ] insect, worm; mollusk
    • [ xiào ] to resemble, to look like; to be like
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Pinyin: shāo
English Definition:long-legged spider
Chinese Definition:
①“蟰蛸”(xiāoshāo):蟢子。
Example Words:
蟏蛸 xiāo shāo long-jawed orb weaver, aka long-jawed spider (family Tetragnathidae)
蟏蛸满室 xiāo shāo mǎn shì The room is filled with cobwebs. (idiom)
肖蛸 xiāo shāo variant of 蟏蛸
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2
Pinyin: xiāo
English Definition:see 螵蛸
Chinese Definition:
①“螵蛸”(piāoxiāo):螳螂的卵块。产在桑树上的叫“桑螵蛸”,可入药。又名“蜱蛸”。
Example Words:
螵蛸 piāo xiāo egg case of a praying mantis (used in TCM); cuttlebone
海螵蛸 hǎi piāo xiāo cuttlebone (used in TCM)
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Example Sentences
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The alimentary canal of Octopus variabilis Sasaki is studied with histological and histochemical methods.
2
Chordates that lack a backbone, such as sea potatoes, sea peaches, and sea squirts.
3
Seminal receptacle of Decapodiformes is within buccal mass but that of Octopodiformes on oviducal gland.
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The research showed that Octopus ocellatus had strong territorial behavior during the experiment, which may influence the attractive effects of the artificial reef models.
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The alimentary canal consists of mouth, esophagus, crop, stomach, caecum , intestine and rectum.