オオミチバシリ

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

• IPA^(key): [o̞ːmʲit͡ɕiba̠ɕiɾʲi]

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

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

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