hoo poe, hoopoo

[Named from their note, which is like hoop rapidly and softly repeated; Fr. huppe.] IMG:content-1266.png:[blocks in formation] half inches. Female le vivid in color. It is native of Asia and Africa, whence it annually visits Europe. The nest, of gra and feathers, is made in the holes of trees. Eggs five or six, lavender gray. The hoopoe frequents marshy places, feeding on insects and worms. Called also the Dung bird. 2. ( Pl .): Upupide, a family of Tenuirostres. They have syndactyle feet; the outer toe is united, for half its length, to the middle one. The bill is very long, and greatly compre ed. The plumage is hoôp (2), s. [HOOP (2), v.] *1. A shout, a loud cry, a whoop, an outcry. "You have run them all down with hoops and holas." Bishop Parker : Repr . Rehearsal Transposed , p. 26. 2. A peculiar sound emitted in hooping-cough by a drawing in of the breath. 3. The hoopoe (q. v.).