Upupa

noun

Upu·​pa

ˈyüpyəpə

: a small genus (the type of the family Upupidae of the order Coraciiformes) of nonpasserine birds comprising the typical hoopoes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, hoopoe, probably of imitative origin

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