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Where does “平田海亀” come from?

平田海亀 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 海亀, from Japanese 海, from Old Japanese うな.

平田海亀 (Japanese): a flatback sea turtle

Definitions

  1. a flatback sea turtle

Ancestry of “平田海亀”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese海亀a sea turtle
2Japanese海a sea, an ocean; a lake; an object covering over...
3Old Japaneseうな—
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