'Upupa epops' definitions:
Definition of 'Upupa epops'
(from WordNet)
noun
Pinkish-brown hoopoe with black-and-white wings [syn: Euopean hoopoe, Upupa epops]
Definition of 'Upupa epops'
From: GCIDE
- Hoopoe \Hoop"oe\, Hoopoo \Hoop"oo\, n. [So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. ?, D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.] (Zool.) 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.