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Hoopoe

Hoopoe Meaning & Definition
Hoopoe Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hoopoe?

[n] any of several crested Old World birds with a slender down-curving bill

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hoopoe: hoopoo

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See Also | coraciiform bird | Euopean hoopoe | family Upupidae | Upupa epops | Upupidae

Hoopoe In Webster's Dictionary

\Hoop"oe\, Hoopoo \Hoop"oo\, n. [So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. ?, D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.] (Zo["o]l.) A European bird of the genus {Upupa} ({U. epops}), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also {hoop}, {whoop}. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.

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