long-tailed chicken; long-tailed fowl
Refers to a breed of domestic chicken known for its exceptionally long tail feathers, often kept for ornamental purposes.
The long-tailed chicken is known for its beautiful long tail.
He keeps long-tailed chickens in his yard.
Standard kanji spelling using 鶏 (chicken).
Variant using 鳥 (bird); less specific but still encountered.
Katakana spelling; often used in biological or breed contexts.
Compound of 尾長 (onaga, 'long-tailed') + 鶏 (tori/dori, 'chicken'). The reading おながどり follows rendaku voicing of とり to どり.