hoopoe

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a crested Old World bird of the genus Upupa, with a long downcurved bill and boldly barred black-and-white wings and tail

   The hoopoe raised its fan-shaped crest before probing the soil for insects.

Simplified etymology

Hoopoe, recorded since late Middle English, is an imitative name based on the bird’s call.

An alteration of obsolete hoop or hoopoop, through French huppe from Latin upupa. The ancient bird name is imitative of the hoopoe's repeated call; related echoic forms occur in Greek and several other languages.

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