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This is a geoduck or gooeyduck. It's quite ancient as a species. Another memory hook for gu, ancient.           Picture: graphic of the Chinese character gǔ (ancient)  gǔ (ancient)

        This is Picture: graphic of the Chinese character shí (ten) shí (ten)

            over Picture: graphic of the Chinese character kǒu (mouth)kǒu (mouth)

Anything that has been handed down for ten generations (through ten mouths) is bound to be a bit gooey.

 

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