Definitions of hoopoe
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any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill
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synonyms:
hoopoo
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types:
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Euopean hoopoe, Upupa epops
pinkish-brown hoopoe with black-and-white wings
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type of:
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coraciiform bird
chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes
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Euopean hoopoe, Upupa epops
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