noun. Any of several birds of the family Upupidae found in Eurasia and Africa, especially Upupa epops, having distinctively patterned plumage, a fanlike crest, and a slender, downward-curving bill.

noun. A tenuirostral non-passerine bird of the family Upupidæ.

noun. 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.

noun. An Old World bird, Upupa epops, known for its distinctive plumage, fanlike crest, and slender bill.

noun. any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill

"Of all birds that hatch for themselves the hoopoe is the only one that builds no nest whatever; it gets into the hollow of the trunk of a tree, and lays its eggs there without making any sort of nest."

hoopoo  

coraciiform bird  

euopean hoopoe  upupa epops  

ballad-singer  bulbul  bullfinch  dreamland  francolin  

hoop  whoop