沓くつ手て鳥どり

noun

lesser cuckoo

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

• 古ふるい和わ歌かでは、沓くつ手て鳥どりが夏なつの訪おとずれを告つげる鳥とりとして詠よまれることがある。

  In old waka poetry, the lesser cuckoo is sometimes composed about as a bird that announces the arrival of summer.