鼈
snapping turtle
fresh-water turtle
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月と鼈
月とすっぽん
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つきとすっぽん
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like chalk and cheese (superficially similar, but completely different) (the moon and a turtle shell are both round, but they are otherwise completely different)
like day and night
like the difference between heaven and hell
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鼈
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すっぽん
スッポン
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Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis)
soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
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鼈甲
べっ甲
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べっこう
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tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle)
bekko
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鼈甲色
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べっこういろ
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amber (colour, color)
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膝皿貝
火皿貝
石鼈
爺が背
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ひざらがい
じいがせ
ヒザラガイ
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chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora)
sea cradle
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鼈甲蜂
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べっこうばち
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spider wasp
pompilid
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田鼈
水爬虫
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たがめ
タガメ
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Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)
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鼈茸
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すっぽんたけ
スッポンタケ
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common stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus)
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鼈甲細工
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べっこうざいく
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article of tortoise shell
tortoiseshell work
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べっこう飴
鼈甲飴
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べっこうあめ
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hard candy
candy suckers molded on a griddle
tortoise-shell candy
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