hoopoe

[ hoo-poo ]

noun
  1. any Old World bird of the family Upupidae, especially Upupa epops, of Europe, having an erectile, fanlike crest.

Origin of hoopoe

1
1660–70; variant of obsolete hoopoop (imitative); cognate with Low German huppup; compare Latin upupa

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hoopoe

/ (ˈhuːpuː) /


noun
  1. 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)

Origin of hoopoe

1
C17: from earlier hoopoop, of imitative origin; compare Latin upupa

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