Definitions
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).
Used in a sentence
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:hoopoe.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Crested Old World bird”6 letters
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