{ Hoop"oe (?), 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.]
(Zoöl.)A European bird of the genus Upupa
(U. epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or
depress at pleasure. Called also hoop, whoop. The name
is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied
genera.