Hoopoo : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Hoopoo	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Hoopoo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hoopoo n any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill Synonym(s): hoopoe, hoopoo
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.