子し規き

noun

lesser cuckoo

Formal or literary term for the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus). In everyday language, ホトトギス is more common.

See also: ホトトギス

• 子し規きは夏なつの訪おとずれを告つげる鳥とりとして詩歌しいかに詠よまれる。

  The lesser cuckoo is celebrated in poetry as a bird that announces the arrival of summer.