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n. - Any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill.

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Usage examples (4)
  • The hoopoo: "He that shows no mercy, shall not obtain mercy."
  • Man to start for the pampas of Patagonia to hunt the hoopoo.
  • As for hoopoe, I will quote The Century Dictionary, definition and all, with its abbreviations expanded: "The form hoopoe was doubtless originally pronounced like...
  • The birds are the blackbird, a black mina, the house-sparrow, sparrow-hawk, larger crow, domestic pigeons, kites, and hoopoo.
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