Noun
octopus
Usually written using kana alone
食べられることなくそのたこは、海に帰ったのであった。That octopus returned to the sea without being eaten. fool; idiot
Usually written using kana aloneColloquial
Also written 章魚【たこ】、鮹【たこ】
20 results for *蛸
More words
All 17真蛸まだこ
Nouncommon octopus (Octopus vulgaris)
飯蛸いいだこ
Nounocellated octopus (Octopus ocellatus)
貝蛸かいだこ
Noungreater argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta argo)
船蛸ふねだこ
Nounwinged argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta hians)
水蛸みずだこ
Noungiant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini); North Pacific giant octopus
Kanji
All 1Names
All 2蛸たこ
Family or surnameTako
畔蛸あだこ
Place nameAdako