鳥ちょう人じん

noun

aviator; flying ace; birdman

Literary or dramatic term for a skilled pilot, especially a fighter ace. Can also refer to a mythical bird-human hybrid or a person who flies like a bird.

• 彼かれは第だい一いち次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せんで名なを馳はせた鳥ちょう人じんだ。

  He was a flying ace who made a name for himself in World War I.

• 神しん話わには鳥ちょう人じんの姿すがたをした神かみが登とう場じょうする。

  In mythology, gods in the form of birdmen appear.