鴕 ostrich 鳥,它,

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鳥

チョウ,とり bird, chick

　OPEN-MOUTHED ARRAYED TENSE with MANY EMISSIONS
…or: OPEN TONGUING MOUTH and HAIRLESS IN HEAVEN, DIVINE with NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FEET and MANY EMISSIONS
…or: HABITUATED to RAISED ROD and TENSE GASPING with MANY EMISSIONS
　

它

タ,へび another, other, it; dehumanize

　CONCUBINE and UNDER ONE'S ROOF
…DELIBERATELY OUT OF REACH and PERSON WHO MUST REMAIN SITTING MOST OF THE TIME
　

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BIRD and SITTING DELIBERATELY OUT-OF-REACH

「Bird deliberately sitting」: ostriches are birds named after camels due to both animal species having a humped back (Struthio camelus). Ostriches are large, flightless animals, not unlike a「concubine at home」having only two toes on each foot (concubines normally did not deliberately dis-integrate the largest toe on each foot, using it instead to anchor cloth bindings):
　「The feathers lack the tiny hooks that lock together the smooth external feathers of flying birds, and so are soft and fluffy and serve as insulation. …Unlike all other living birds, the ostrich secretes urine separately from faeces. All other birds store the urine and faeces combined in the coprodeum, but the ostrich stores the faeces in the terminal rectum. They also have unique pubic bones that are fused to hold their gut. Unlike most birds, the males have a copulatory organ [penis-phallus], which is retractable and 8 in. (20 cm) long. …When lying down and hiding from predators, the birds lay their heads and necks flat on the ground, making them appear like a mound of earth from a distance…. When threatened, ostriches run away, but they can cause serious injury and death with kicks from their powerful legs. Their legs can only kick forward.」
　　[　https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich 2013-08-17　]　
　Perhaps the last part is analogous to concubines, too. Fluffy ostrich feathers are still used by burlesque dancers to entertain an audience.

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: ostrich
Unihan extended: ostrich; Struthio camelus
EDRDG: Chinese ostrich

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