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Any of several crested Old World birds with a slender down-curving bill
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hoopoo
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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["o]l.) A European bird of the genus Upupa ( Upupa epops ), having a beautiful crest, which ...
Wiktionary
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n. (archaic form of hoopoe English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of several crested Old World birds with a slender down-curving bill [syn: hoopoe ]