| 单词 | wood hoopoe | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaswood hoopoe   wood hoopoe  n. any of several birds of the genus  Phœniculus (or the family Phœniculidæ), native to Africa and distinguished by blue and green plumage and a long tail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > 			[noun]		 > family Phoeniculidae (wood hoopoe) tree-hoopoe1873 wood hoopoe1908 1908    A. K. Haagner  & R. H. Ivy Sketches S. Afr. Bird-life 26  				The Wood Hoopoes..are represented in South Africa by two well-marked species. 1953    R. Campbell Mamba's Precipice xi. 115  				A whole flock of wood-hoopoes with scarlet beaks and silk-shot, glossy, green and purple feathers were raising the most amazing din in the tree. 1964    A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 894/2  				The wood-hoopoes..are very unlike the true hoopoes in general appearance. < as lemmas  | 
	
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