Hoopoe

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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