UPUPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Upupa mean? 

• UPUPA (noun)
  The noun UPUPA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Upupidae

  Familiarity information: UPUPA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UPUPA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Upupidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Upupa; Upupa

Hypernyms ("Upupa" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Upupa"):

Euopean hoopoe; Upupa epops (pinkish-brown hoopoe with black-and-white wings)

Holonyms ("Upupa" is a member of...):

family Upupidae; Upupidae (hoopoes)