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Rotan

//ˈɹotɑn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A long rattan cane used for corporal punishment. Malaysia, Singapore

    "Two boys, aged 14 and 11, were each sentenced to three strokes of the light rotan at Kluang for stealing duck eggs from Loh Wee Seng."

  2. 2
    Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) no-plural, uncommon

    "A single individual requires as much as 30 kg of other fish (including its own species) to gain 1 kg of weight. The resilience of the rotan, which requires 20 times less oxygen than other species, is best illustrated by its ability to revive a day after being left in open air. In one such instance, the first individual to rebound in a group ate up the others, according to Itar-Tass news agency."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay rotan (“cane”), doublet of rattan.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian рота́н (rotán, “Amur sleeper”).

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