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Meanings
Noun
1. crocodile; alligator (Usually kana)
Other spellings
鰐わに
Other readings
ワニ
Kanji in other spellings
鰐crocodile
Pitch accent
わに
Used in vocabulary
まちかねわに
Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis (Japanese fossil species of crocodilian)
Noun
ワニトカゲギス目もく
Stomiiformes (order of deep-sea ray-finned fishes)
Noun
Examples2
His leg was bitten by a crocodile.
The crocodile, which produces only male young in hotter weather, might die out too because there will be no females to breed.