hoo|poe

hoo|poe
hoo|poe «HOO poo», noun.
any one of a group of bright-colored birds of the Old World having long, sharp bills and fanlike crests on their heads. The call of the hoopoe sounds like its name.
[earlier hoo-poop, and hoop < Old French huppe < Latin upupa < Greek épops, épopos hoopoe]

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