(Chinese mythology) creature that lives underwater and spits sand to make people ill

CEDICT

  1. (Chinese mythology) a small three-legged turtle-like creature that lives in water and spits sand at humans, often forcefully enough to kill them.
  2. a small three-legged turtle-like creature that lives in water and spits sand at humans, often forcefully enough to kill them.
  3. pestilent insect that eats young leaves

Wiktionary

  1. 傳說一種害人水中毒形狀
  2. 一種害蟲

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