アヤナシドリ

Meanings

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usually written using kana alonerare term

A bird species (Cuculus poliocephalus). The name is usually written in katakana as アヤナシドリ. The kanji 文無鳥 is rare and literary.

See also: ホトトギス

アヤナシドリは夏なつ鳥どりとして日本にほんに渡と来らいする。
The lesser cuckoo comes to Japan as a summer bird.
アヤナシドリの鳴なき声ごえはホトトギスに似にている。
The call of the lesser cuckoo resembles that of the lesser cuckoo (ホトトギス).