ムクドリ

noun

white-cheeked starling; grey starling

Refers specifically to the species Sturnus cineraceus, a common bird in East Asia.

• 公こう園えんでムクドリの群むれを見みかけた。

  I saw a flock of white-cheeked starlings in the park.

noun

starling (any bird of family Sturnidae)

Broader taxonomic use; in everyday contexts, ムクドリ usually means the white-cheeked starling.

• ムクドリ科かの鳥とりは世せ界かい中じゅうに分ぶん布ぷしている。

  Birds of the starling family are distributed worldwide.

noun

bumpkin; gullible person

Slang or colloquial use, likening a naive or easily fooled person to a starling. Rare and somewhat dated.

• あいつはムクドリみたいにすぐ騙だまされる。

  That guy gets fooled easily, just like a bumpkin.

noun

sixty-nine (sexual position)

Slang; from the visual resemblance of two birds facing opposite directions. Vulgar and not for polite conversation.

• 彼かれらはムクドリの体たい位いを試ためした。

  They tried the sixty-nine position.