Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Upupa \U"pu*pa\ (?; 277), n. [L., the hoopoe.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe.

Source : WordNet®

Upupa
     n : type genus of the Upupidae [syn: {genus Upupa}]