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hoopoonounArchaic form of hoopoe. [Any Old World bird of genus Upupa, especially Upupa epops (Eurasian hoopoe), known for its distinctive plumage, fanlike crest, and slender bill.]

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hoopoonounArchaic form of hoopoe. [Any Old World bird of genus Upupa, especially Upupa epops (Eurasian hoopoe), known for its distinctive plumage, fanlike crest, and slender bill.]
upupanoun(archaic) A hoopoe.
hoopnounA circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
upupidnoun(ornithology) Any member of the family Upupidae, the hoopoes.
woodhoopoenounAlternative form of wood hoopoe [Any of the birds of the genus Phoeniculus.]
hoopernoun(informal) A basketball player.
wood pigeonnounThe common wood pigeon, an Old World species of pigeon, Columba palumbus.
akepanounA bird in the Hawaiian honeycreeper genus, Loxops coccineus.
poebirdnoun(obsolete) Alternative form of poë-bird (“the tui, a species of honeyeater (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”). [(obsolete) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”).]
poë birdnoun(obsolete) Alternative form of poë-bird (“the tui, a species of honeyeater (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”). [(obsolete) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”).]
owl parrotnoun(dated) The kakapo.
buphagidnoun(zoology) Any bird in the family Buphagidae, the oxpeckers.
eagle owlnounAny of various Old World large owls of the genus Bubo, especially Eurasian eagle owls (Bubo bubo), that have prominent ear tufts.
euphonianouneuphony
cupwingnounAny of various birds of the genus Pnoepyga.
bronzewingnounAny of several species of bird in the genera Henicophaps and Phaps in the pigeon family, found in Australasia.
hawk-cuckoonounAny of the birds of several species in the genus Hierococcyx.
poë-birdnoun(obsolete) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”).
oxpeckernounEither of two species of passerine bird in the genus Buphagus, endemic to the sub-Saharan African savanna.
epiornisnounThe elephant bird (Aepyornis).

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