Hoopoe Definition

ho͝opo͝o, -pō
noun
An Old World coraciiform bird (Upupa epops) of a family (Upupidae) having only one species, with a long curved bill and an erectile crest.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
hoopoe
Plural:
hoopoes

Origin of Hoopoe

  • Alteration (influenced by Latin ūpupa) of obsolete hoop from French huppe from Old French from Vulgar Latin ūppa alteration of Latin upupa, ūpupa of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Alteration of obsolete hoopoop, from earlier hoop, from Middle French huppe, from Latin upupa.

    From Wiktionary

Hoopoe Sentence Examples

  • The lapwing's conspicuous crest seems to have been the cause of a common blunder among English writers of the middle ages, who translated the Latin word Upupa, property hoopoe, by lapwing, as being the crested bird with which they were best acquainted.

  • Blackbirds and thrushes are not found, nor any species of parrot, but on the other hand, we have the hoopoe (yatsugashira), the red-breast (komadori), the bluebird (run), the wren (miso-sazai), the golden-crested wren (itadaki), the golden-eagle (inu-washi), the finch (hiwa), the longtailed rosefinch (benimashiko), the ouzelbrown (akahara), dusky (tsugumi) and water (kawa-garasu)the kingfisher (kawasems), the crake (kuina) and the tomtit (kara).

  • Oh well, I am thinking, at least we saw that hoopoe on the way.

  • Wadi Al-Hitan is not separately noted but the desert species hoopoe lark Alaemon alaudipes, probably occurs.

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Words Starting With

HHOHOO

Words Ending With

EOEPOE

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hoopoe

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