一切經音義 70.9

70.9

龜鼉（徒多反三蒼似蛟而大山海經江水足鼉郭璞曰似蜥蜴大者長一丈有鱗彩可以為鼓詩云鼉鼓逢逢是也字體從黽𠹈聲𠹈音那黽音莫耿反）。

Turtles and alligators (龜鼉: has the fanqie tú + duō. The Sancang says: 'Resembles a flood-dragon (jiāo) but larger.' The Shanhaijing says: 'The Jiang River has an abundance of alligators.' Guo Pu says: 'Resembles a lizard; large ones are ten feet long, with colourful scales, and can be made into drums. The Shijing says, "The alligator-skin drums sound féng-féng," which refers to this.' The character form is derived from 黽 [toad/reptile] with 𠹈 phonetic; 𠹈 has the sound nà; 黽 has the fanqie mò + gěng).