一切經音義 30.126

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Shark (鮫魚: now written as 蛟, both with the fanqie gu-mao; the Shuowen states that it is a sea fish; the Shanhaijing states that the Zhang River has many sharks; Guo Pu said that it belongs to the 𩻶 family, having tough, branch-like skin, a tail three to four feet long with a venomous stinger at the end that stings people, and its skin can be used to decorate knives and swords).