hoo·poe (h  p, -p )n. Any of several Old World birds of the family Upupidae, especially Upupa epops, having distinctively patterned plumage, a fanlike crest, and a slender, downward-curving bill. [Alteration (influenced by Latin  pupa) of obsolete hoop, from French huppe, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *ppa, alteration of Latin upupa, pupa, of imitative origin.] |
hoopoe [ˈhuːpuː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an Old World bird, Upupa epops, having a pinkish-brown plumage with black-and-white wings and an erectile crest: family Upupidae, order Coraciiformes (kingfishers, etc.)
[from earlier hoopoop, of imitative origin; compare Latin upupa]
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| Noun | 1. |  hoopoe - any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved billcoraciiform bird - chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes family Upupidae, Upupidae - hoopoes Euopean hoopoe, Upupa epops - pinkish-brown hoopoe with black-and-white wings |
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