Definitions for: Hoopoe

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

Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: hoopoo

See Also: coraciiform bird, Euopean hoopoe, family Upupidae, Upupa epops, Upupidae

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