駝鳥

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See also: 鴕鳥, , and 驼鸟

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 鴕鳥 (“ostrich; one who ignores problems as if they don't exist; head-in-the-sand; ostrich; etc.”).
(This term is a variant form of 鴕鳥).

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgai
ちょう
Grade: 2
goon
 ダチョウ on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

()(ちょう) or 駝鳥(ダチョウ) (dachōだてう (dateu) or ダテウ (dateu)?

  1. an ostrich
    • 2002 September 30 [1996 September 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, のび()(ぎん)()超特急(エクスプレス) [Nobita and the Galaxy Express] (大長編ドラえもん; 16), 20th edition, volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 126:
      「オルニトミムス」(はく)()()(こう)(はん)ダチョウ(がた)(きょう)(りゅう)(もう)スピードで(はし)りまわる。(ざっ)(しょく)(せい)()()などなんでも()べる。
      “Orunitomimusu” Hakuaki kōhan no dachōgata kyōryū. Mō-supīdo de hashirimawaru. Zasshokusei. Ko no mi nado nan demo taberu.
      “Ornithomimuses”: Ostrich-like dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous. These are extremely fast runners. They are also omnivores. They eat fruit and other things.

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

駝鳥 (tajo or McCune-Reischauer: t'ajo or Yale: thāco) (hangeul 타조)

  1. hanja form? of 타조 (ostrich)