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tsuchinoko

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tsuchi-noko
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A legendary snake-like cryptid of Japan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 槌の子 (tsuchinoko, literally “hammer's spawn”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does tsuchinoko mean?
A legendary snake-like cryptid of Japan.
Where does tsuchinoko come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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