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Kotomora

橘たちばな鳥どり

Meanings

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noun

lesser cuckoo

rare term

Rare term for the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus). In modern Japanese, this bird is almost always called 時鳥 (ほととぎす) or ホトトギス. 橘鳥 is a literary or poetic name, and the reading たちばなどり is seldom used in everyday speech.

See also: ホトトギス