駝鳥

駝鳥

See also: 鴕鳥, 鸵, and 驼鸟

Chinese

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

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
駝	鳥
だ Hyōgaiji	ちょう Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) だちょー [dàchóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [da̠t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

駝(だ)鳥(ちょう) • (dachō) ^{←だてう (dateu)?}

1. an ostrich
   • 2002 September 30 [Sep 25 1996], Fujiko F. Fujio, のび太(た)と銀(ぎん)河(が)超特急(エクスプレス) [Nobita and the Galaxy Express] (大長編ドラえもん; 16), volume 16 (fiction), 20th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 126:

     「オルニトミムス」白(はく)亜(あ)紀(き)後(こう)半(はん)のダチョウ型(がた)恐(きょう)竜(りゅう)。猛(もう)スピードで走(はし)りまわる。雑(ざっ)食(しょく)性(せい)。木(こ)の実(み)などなんでも食(た)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

• 鴫(シギ)駝(ダ)鳥(チョウ) (shigidachō)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
駝	鳥

Noun

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

1. Hanja form^? of 타조 (“ostrich”).