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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: hoopoe n : any of several crested Old World birds with a slender down-curving bill [syn: {hoopoo}]
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