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肖蛸

Mandarin · pinyin xiāo shāo

variant of 蠨蛸 xiāo shāo

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肖: xiào · look like, resemble, be like
蛸: shāo · long legged spider; octopus; chrysalis of mantis

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1–1 · xiao1 shao1

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noun

(～屬) Tetragnatha spp.
(～科) Tetragnathidae spp.

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