hoopoe Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Hoop"oe, Hoop"oo noun (Also<
  • Hoopoe
  • Hoopoo
)
Etymology
So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. , D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A European bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.

Webster 1913