minohiki chicken; Japanese long-tailed chicken breed
A Japanese ornamental chicken breed known for its extremely long tail feathers. The name literally means 'straw-raincoat-dragging chicken'.
The minohiki chicken has long tail feathers that appear to drag on the ground.
At this exhibition, the beautiful tails of minohiki chickens are judged.
The name 蓑曳鶏 (minohiki-dori) combines 蓑 (mino, 'straw raincoat'), 曳 (hiki, 'to drag'), and 鶏 (dori, 'chicken'), describing the appearance of the long tail feathers dragging like a straw raincoat.