オオミチバシリ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
大道走

Etymology

大(おお) (ō, “big, great”) + ミチバシリ (michibashiri, “roadrunner”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞ːmʲit͡ɕiba̠ɕiɾʲi]

Noun

オオミチバシリ: greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus

オオミチバシリ • (ōmichibashiri) 

1. greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus
   • 2011 [2007], Yumiko Sakata, Baiburuman, translation of The Year of Living Biblically by AJ Jacobs, page 430:

     ワーナー・ブラザーズのアニメ『ルーニー・テューンズ』に登(とう)場(じょう)するキャラクター。カッコウ科(か)のオオミチバシリがモデルで、道(どう)路(ろ)の上(うえ)を高(こう)速(そく)で走(はし)り回(まわ)り

     Wānā Burazāzu no anime “Rūnī Tyūnzu” ni tōjō suru kyarakutā. Kakkō ka no ōmichibashiri ga moderu de, dōro no ue o kōsoku de hashirimawari

     The character was featured in the Warner Brothers cartoon series “Loony Tunes”. Modeled on the cuckoo species greater roadrunner, it runs very quickly on road surfaces

Usage notes

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Related terms

• ミチバシリ (michibashiri, “roadrunners, Geococcyx sp.”)
• コミチバシリ (komichibashiri, “lesser roadrunner, Geococcyx velox”)