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wood hoopoe

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noun

  1. any of several tropical, African birds of the family Phoeniculidae, having metallic, blackish plumage and slender, curved bills.

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“Hear that? Those are turacos. And there’s a wood hoopoe. And there’s a gray mousebird; do you see that long tail?”

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