Hoop·oe Hoop·oo, n. 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.
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Upupa epops
n : pinkish-brown hoopoe with black-and-white wings [syn: Euopean
hoopoe]