long-tailed fowl; long-tailed chicken
A rare term for a variety of domestic chicken with exceptionally long tail feathers. Also known as 尾長鳥 (おながどり).
See also: 尾長鶏
The long-tailed fowl is, as its name suggests, a breed of chicken with very long tail feathers.
Synonym; 尾長鳥 is the more common term for the same breed.
Standard kanji spelling for the long-tailed chicken breed.
Variant kanji spelling using 鳥 instead of 鶏; less common.
Compound of 長 (naga, 'long') + 尾 (o, 'tail') + 鶏 (tori, 'chicken'), with rendaku voicing on tori → dori. Literally 'long-tailed chicken'.