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Chinese
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earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
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wolf
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simp. and trad.
(土狼)
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土
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狼
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Etymology
Calque of Afrikaans erdwolf (literally “earth wolf”)
Pronunciation
Noun
土狼
- aardwolf
Japanese
Etymology
土 (tsuchi, “soil; earth”) + 狼 (ōkami, “wolf”), calque of Afrikaans aardwolf (“earth wolf”)
Noun
土狼 or 土狼 • (tsuchiōkami)
- Synonym of アードウルフ (ādourufu, “aardwolf”)
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ツチオオカミ.
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