一切經音義 25.201

25.201

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").