Definition for HOOP'OE, or HOOP'OO

HOOP'OE, or HOOP'OO, n. [Fr. huppe, the hoopoe, and a tuft; huppé, tufted; or L. upupa, epops; Gr. εποψ.]

A bird of the genus Upupa, whose head is adorned with a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Encyc.

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