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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 hoopoo
      n : any of several crested Old World birds with a slender
          down-curving bill [syn: hoopoe]