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.
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.