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hoopoe

hoo·poe

UK/ˈhuːpuː/ US/ˈhupu/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

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Alteration of obsolete hoopoop, from earlier hoop, from Middle French and Old French huppe, from Latin upupa, ultimately onomatopoeic; Compare Ancient Greek ἔποψ (épops), Persian پوپو (popo).

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