ears-endu

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ears-endu, m.n: buttocks. (AY-arz-EN-duh / ˈɛarz-ˌɛn-dʌ)

Medieval manuscript image of a rather surprised looking lion with its tail in the air that has a large magpie pecking at its rear end.
Jacobus de Voragine’s Legenda Aurea; France, 14th century; Angers, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 808, f. 88v. [bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr]

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