Hoopoe Synonyms

ho͝opo͝o, -pō
Any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. hoopoo

Words Related to Hoopoe

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. wryneck
  2. white-rumped
  3. bluethroat
  4. collared
  5. white-breasted
  6. white-throated
  7. short-toed
  8. stonechat
  9. hawfinch
  10. limpkin
  11. red-billed
  12. thick-billed
  13. chukar
  14. treecreeper
  15. shikra

Hoopoe Sentence Examples

  • The lapwing's conspicuous crest seems to have been the cause of a common blunder among English writers of the middle ages, who translated the Latin word Upupa, property hoopoe, by lapwing, as being the crested bird with which they were best acquainted.

  • Blackbirds and thrushes are not found, nor any species of parrot, but on the other hand, we have the hoopoe (yatsugashira), the red-breast (komadori), the bluebird (run), the wren (miso-sazai), the golden-crested wren (itadaki), the golden-eagle (inu-washi), the finch (hiwa), the longtailed rosefinch (benimashiko), the ouzelbrown (akahara), dusky (tsugumi) and water (kawa-garasu)the kingfisher (kawasems), the crake (kuina) and the tomtit (kara).

  • Oh well, I am thinking, at least we saw that hoopoe on the way.

  • Wadi Al-Hitan is not separately noted but the desert species hoopoe lark Alaemon alaudipes, probably occurs.

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