hoopoe

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

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

Etymology

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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Synonyms

hoopoo

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