Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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["o]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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hoopoo
n : any of several crested Old World birds with a slender
down-curving bill [syn: {hoopoe}]
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