noun
Rare name for the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus). In modern Japanese, this bird is almost always called ホトトギス. The term くつてどり may appear in classical poetry or old texts.
See also: ホトトギス
古い和歌では、沓手鳥が夏の訪れを告げる鳥として詠まれることがある。
In old waka poetry, the lesser cuckoo is sometimes composed about as a bird that announces the arrival of summer.
The standard modern Japanese name for the lesser cuckoo. くつてどり is a rare, archaic synonym.
Rare kanji spelling for the lesser cuckoo; the bird is normally written in kana or referred to by the more common name ホトトギス.
Variant kanji spelling; even rarer than 沓手鳥.
The origin of くつてどり is uncertain. It is an old Japanese name for the lesser cuckoo, possibly onomatopoeic or derived from classical poetic usage.