hoopoe

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hoopoe - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.] (Zool.)
     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.

hoopoe - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hoopoe
      n 1: any of several crested Old World birds with a slender
           downward-curved bill [syn: hoopoe, hoopoo]