Meaning of HOOPOE
| Pronunciation: | | 'hoopoo
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of several crested Old World birds with a slender down-curving bill |
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| | Synonyms: | | hoopoo |
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| | See Also: | | coraciiform bird, Euopean hoopoe, family Upupidae, Upupa epops, Upupidae | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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