HOOPOE

hoopoe. Hoopoe, n. a bird with a beautiful crest

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{ Hoop″oe (?), 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.]] (Zoöl.) 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.