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大おお霜しも降ふり枝えだ尺しゃく
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. peppered moth (Biston betularia)
Alt. forms
おおしもふりえだしゃく
大おお霜しも降ふり枝えだ尺しゃく
Kanji used
大
large
霜
frost
降
descend
枝
branch
尺
measuring ruler
Composed of
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost
geometer moth; geometrid (of the Ennominae subfamily)