Meanings

driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an event on Koshōgatsu)

herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms

rising dragon

Palace of the Dragon King

Eupelycosauria (suborder of pelycosaurs)

Pelycosauria (order of primitive synapsids, now considered to be paraphyletic)

Sauropsida (branch of amniotes that includes reptiles, birds and non-avian dinosaurs)

small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii)

eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus)

Sado mole (Mogera tokudae)

European mole (Talpa europaea)

golden mole (Chrysochloridae spp.)

star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata)

Kloss's mole (Euroscaptor klossi)

southern marsupial mole (Notoryctes typhlops)

coast mole (Scapanus orarius)

Japanese mountain mole (Euroscaptor mizura)

northern marsupial mole (Notoryctes caurinus)

broad-footed mole (Scapanus latimanus)

Japanese mole (Mogera wogura)