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Hoopoe

//ˈhupu// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any Old World bird of genus Upupa, especially Upupa epops (Eurasian hoopoe), known for its distinctive plumage, fanlike crest, and slender bill.

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:hoopoe."

  2. 2
    any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill wordnet

Etymology

Alteration of obsolete hoopoop, from earlier hoop, from Middle French and Old French huppe, from Latin upupa, ultimately onomatopoeic; Compare Ancient Greek ἔποψ (épops), Persian پوپو (popo).

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