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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 玄武 [ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄨˇ; xuan2 wu3]
 Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky)
 (in Daoism) God of the north sky
 

From: Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書

 玄武
 げんぶ
 げんむ
 noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
 see: 四神
 Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens)
 see: 二十八宿
 astronomy, etc. term
 seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens