Any of several tropical and southern African birds of the family Phoenoculidae, similar to the hoopoe but having metallic plumage, long graduated tails, and no crest
hoopoe
Silbentrennung
hoo·poe
Türkische aussprache
hupu
Aussprache
/ˈho͞oˌpo͞o/ /ˈhuːˌpuː/
Etymologie
[ 'hü-(")pü, -(")pO ] (noun.) 1668. alteration of obsolete hoop, from Middle French huppe, from Latin upupa, of imitative origin.