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Word entry · 6 letters

hoopoe

Best crossword clue

"Crested Old World bird"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈhupu/Part of speech nounSorted ehooopStarts with HEnds with E1 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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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