upupa

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noun

A hoopoe.

OriginLatin upupa →
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Meanings

nounupupa (plural upupas)

plural upupas

  1. archaicA hoopoe.

    Agendath is a waste land, a home of screechowls and the sandblind upupa.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 394

Origin

  1. Latinupupa
  2. Englishupupa

From Latin upupa.

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APA

upupa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upupa

MLA

“upupa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upupa. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upupa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upupa.

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