huppe

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See also: huppé and hüppe

French

une huppe (2)

Etymology

From Latin upupa, via the syncopated Vulgar Latin ūppa.

Pronunciation

Noun

huppe f (plural huppes)

  1. crest (tuft growing on an animal's head)
    • 1873, La Vie des animaux par A. E. Brehm:
      C’est un assez grand oiseau, de 45 cent. de long, au plumage blanc éclatant. La huppe, les plumes qui recouvrent les oreilles, le milieu du ventre, les ailes et la partie radicale de la face interne des pennes caudales sont jaunes de soufre pâle ; le bec est noir ; les pattes sont d’un brun grisâtre.
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  2. (ornithology) hoopoe (bird of species Upupa epops)

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Norman

Etymology

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Noun

huppe f (plural huppes)

  1. (Jersey) nightjar