一切經音義 15.425

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黿鼉（上音元大鼈也從黽音猛元聲下音陀山海經云江水多鼉郭璞曰似蜥蜴而長大有鱗其皮可以為鼓毛詩有鼉鼓是也從黽𠹈聲𠹈音那）。

Great sea-turtles and alligators (黿鼉: the first character has the sound 元, a large softshell turtle; formed from 黽 [sounded 猛] with 元 phonetic. The second character has the sound 陀. The Shanhaijing states: 'The Yangtze River has many tuó alligators.' Guo Pu says: 'It resembles a giant lizard, large and scaled; its hide can be made into drums.' The Mao text of the Shijing has 'alligator drums' [鼉鼓]. Formed from 黽 with 𠹈 phonetic [𠹈 has the sound 那]).