hoopoe的词源

英文词源

hoopoe

hoopoe: see dupe

hoopoe (n.)

1660s, from Latin upupa, imitative of its cry (compare Greek epops "hoopoe").

If anybody smears himself with the blood of this bird on his way to bed, he will have nightmares about suffocating devils. [Cambridge bestiary, 12c.]

中文词源

hoopoe：戴胜鸟

来自拉丁语upupa,戴胜鸟，模仿这种鸟的叫声。

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