In classical texts it is written 蝳蝐, which is 玳瑁 (hawksbill turtle).
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A bound morpheme: 蝳 does not stand on its own in modern Chinese. Used only in the binome 蝳蝐 (dàimào), a variant of 玳瑁 - the hawksbill sea turtle whose shell was prized for 玳瑁 (tortoiseshell) crafts.
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蝳dài
hawksbill turtle (in 蝳蝐)
A rare character used almost exclusively in the binomial 蝳蝐 (= 玳瑁), naming the hawksbill sea turtle prized for tortoiseshell. The glyph pairs 虫 (creature) with phonetic 毒 (dú/dài), but the strokes fuse tightly - better treated as one graphic unit than forced into a split.
No stroke data for 蝳; the glyph shown is your device font, so component strokes can't be highlighted.
