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Upupa
(gcide) | Upupa \U"pu*pa\ (?; 277), n. [L., the hoopoe.] (Zool.)
A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe.
[1913 Webster] |
upupa
(wn) | Upupa
n 1: type genus of the Upupidae [syn: Upupa, genus Upupa] |
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Upupa epops
(gcide) | Hoopoe \Hoop"oe\, Hoopoo \Hoop"oo\, n. [So called from its cry;
cf. L. upupa, Gr. ?, D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G.
wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.] (Zool.)
A European bird of the genus Upupa (Upupa epops), having
a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure,
and a slender down-curving bill. Called also hoop, whoop.
The name is also applied to several other species of the same
genus and allied genera. |
genus upupa
(wn) | genus Upupa
n 1: type genus of the Upupidae [syn: Upupa, genus Upupa] |
upupa
(wn) | Upupa
n 1: type genus of the Upupidae [syn: Upupa, genus Upupa] |
upupa epops
(wn) | Upupa epops
n 1: pinkish-brown hoopoe with black-and-white wings [syn:
Euopean hoopoe, Upupa epops] |
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