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# hoopoe

noun (a hoopoe, hoopoes)

«hoopoe» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A bird of Africa, Europe and Asia with pinkish-brown feathers, black-and-white striped wings, a long thin beak and a big crest like a fan on its head; its call sounds like oop-oop-oop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoopoe/#m1)

### In the lessons

In nature lessons on birds, and in stories and old tales; the hoopoe is the national bird of Israel. Phrases: a hoopoe's crest.

### Examples

- The hoopoe raised its crest like a fan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoopoe/#x1)
- We saw a hoopoe in Spain on holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoopoe/#x2)
- A hoopoe digs for insects with its long beak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoopoe/#x3)
- The hoopoe's call sounds like oop-oop-oop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoopoe/#x4)
- Hoopoes are rare visitors to Britain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoopoe/#x5)
- In an old tale, a hoopoe leads the birds on a long journey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoopoe/#x6)

### Note

Say HOO-poo. Plural hoopoes. Its name copies its call.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it is a bird listed among the creatures that may not be eaten.

**Interpretation.** Tradition lists it among the unclean birds, which are forbidden as food.

### Examples

- and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat. (Torah LEV.11.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoopoe/#x1)

### Note

Say HOO-poo. Plural hoopoes. Its name copies its call.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hoopoe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoopoe/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hoopoe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hoopoe.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «hoopoe» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoopoe/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hoopoe» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hoopoe.html) on Mova free.