hoopoe
hoo·poe (ho͞oʹpo͞o, -pō)n. Any of several Old World birds of the family Upupidae, especially Upupa epops, having distinctively patterned plumage, a fanlike crest, and a slender, downward-curving bill. [Alteration (influenced by Latin ūpupa), of obsolete hoop from French huppe, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *ūppa, alteration of Latin upupa, ūpupa, of imitative origin.]
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