Definitionn. any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill
Last update: June 14, 2015
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16; presages recovery or death of patients); (4) the pelican (recalls its young to life by its own blood); (5) the owl (or nyktikorax; loves darkness and solitude); (6) the eagle (renews its youth by sunlight and bathing in a fountain); (7) the phoenix (revives from fire); (8) the hoopoe (redeems its parents from the ills of old age); (9) the wild ass (suffers no male besides itself); (1 o) the viper (born at the cost of both its parents' death); (I I) the serpent (sheds its skin; puts aside its venom before drinking; is afraid of man in a state of nudity; hides its head and abandons the rest of its body); (12) the ant (orderly and laborious; prevents stored grain from germinating; distinguishes wheat from barley on the stalk); (13) the sirens and onocentaurs (Isa. [Please select]
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The hoopoe reminds us of his presence by an occasional soft _uk-uk-uk_. [Please select]
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The nesting season of the hoopoe has now fairly commenced. [Please select]
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Both the hoopoe and the roller are veritable aerial acrobats. [Please select]
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Here and there a hoopoe, more vigorous than his fellows, croons softly--_uk_, _uk_, _uk_. [Please select]
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A similar remark applies to the hoopoe (_Upupa indica_). [Please select]
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At that moment the Hoopoe came up and said, "Ha." [Please select]
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