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hoopoe

Nuno December 27, 2023 h

name of bird species. imitative origin, but the hoopoe’s call is actually a trisyllabic “oop-oop-oop”.

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onomatopoeia: 1. the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss) 2. the use of words whose sound suggests the sense

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