蜀しょっ魂こん

noun

lesser cuckoo

Rare alternate name for the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus); the common Japanese name is ホトトギス. This term is seldom used in modern Japanese.

See also: ホトトギス

• 「蜀しょっ魂こん」はホトトギスの異い名めいとして古ふるい文ぶん献けんに見みられることがある。

  The term 蜀魂 can be found in old texts as an alternate name for the lesser cuckoo.