hoopoe

«hoopoe» in Mova's school dictionary: A bird of Africa, Europe and Asia with pinkish-brown… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a hoopoe, hoopoes)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

sense 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 →
• We saw a hoopoe in Spain on holiday. tree →
• A hoopoe digs for insects with its long beak. tree →
• The hoopoe's call sounds like oop-oop-oop. tree →
• Hoopoes are rare visitors to Britain. tree →
• In an old tale, a hoopoe leads the birds on a long journey. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
• and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hoopoe» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.