Hōōp'ōe or Hōōp'ōō, n.

n. [Also whoop; so called from its cry, as in Lat. upupa, and in Gr. ἔποψ, D. hop, O. H. Ger. withhopf, N. H. Ger. wiedehopf, It. upupa, Pr. upa, Fr. huppe; whence Fr. huppe, the tuft or crest of a bird, on account of the tuft of feathers on its head; W. oo-pawyg.] (Ornith.) A bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), whose head is adorned with a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. It is found in Europe and Northern Africa.—Called also hoop.