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Where does “大蜥蜴” come from?

大蜥蜴 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大, from Japanese 大国主, from Japanese 国, from Old Japanese 国.

大蜥蜴 (Japanese): a monitor lizard

Definitions

  1. a monitor lizard

Ancestry of “大蜥蜴”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大big, large; the large part of; arch-
2Japanese大国主—
3Japanese国a land, a large place; a country in general, a...
4Old Japanese国—

Words derived from “大蜥蜴”

  • コモド大蜥蜴
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