大道走

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	道	走
おお Grade: 1	みち Grade: 2	はし(り) > ばし(り) Grade: 2

Etymology

大(おお) (ō, “big, great”) + 道走(みちばしり) (michibashiri, “roadrunner”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞ːmʲit͡ɕiba̠ɕiɾʲi]

Noun

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

大(おお)道(みち)走(ばしり) or 大道走(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

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