English Dictionary: Hoopoo | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hoopoe \Hoop"oe\, Hoopoo \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.] (Zo[94]l.) 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. |