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n. Any of several Old World birds of the family Upupidae, especially Upupa epops, having distinctively patterned plumage, a fanlike crest, and a slender, downward-curving bill.

n. An Old World bird, Upupa epops, known for its distinctive plumage, fanlike crest, and slender bill.

n. A European bird of the genus Upupa (Upupa epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure, and a slender down-curving bill. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.

n. A tenuirostral non-passerine bird of the family Upupidæ.

n. any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill

"Of all birds that hatch for themselves the hoopoe is the only one that builds no nest whatever; it gets into the hollow of the trunk of a tree, and lays its eggs there without making any sort of nest."

hoopoo   

coraciiform bird   

hoop    whoop   

upupa epops    euopean hoopoe   

francolin    spink    bullfinch    prattler    prater    bulbul    goldfinch    dreamland    honeybee    oriole