Definition of "amigurumi" []

• A stuffed animal toy usually made from crocheted yarn and having an oversized head. (noun)

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• "They're all forms of amigurumi, the Japanese word for crocheted or knitted stuffed animals with human characteristics."
• "Nowadays a search for 'amigurumi' on Amazon Japan returns nearly 200 pattern books and almost 300 pattern kits, and that's just in Japanese."
• "By using "amigurumi" you have also insured you have to define it by slipping the word "crocheted" in somewhere."