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hoopoe in British English
(ˈhuːpuː)
noun
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)
Word origin
C17: from earlier hoopoop, of imitative origin; compare Latin upupahoopoe in American English
(ˈhuˌpu)
noun
an Old World coraciiform bird (Upupa epops) of a family (Upupidae) having only one species, with a long curved bill and an erectile crest
Word origin
earlier houpe < Fr huppe < L upupa, echoic of its cryImage ofhoopoe
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