一切經音義 25.201

25.201

黿鼉（上魚袁反玉篇曰似鼈而大鼉音徒多反山海經云江水足鼉郭璞曰形似蜥蜴大者長一丈又有鱗取皮可以為鼓也）。

黿鼉 ("giant softshell turtles and alligators": the upper character is the fanqie yú + yuán. The Yupian says: "Resembles a softshell turtle but is larger." 鼉 is the fanqie tú + duō. The Shanhaijing says: "The Yangtze River has an abundance of alligators." Guo Pu says: "Shaped like a lizard; large ones are one zhang long and also have scales; their skins can be taken to make drums").