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Any of the Old World birds of the family Upupidae , having a plumed head crest and a long, slender, curved bill. The identity of the unclean bird of Leviticus 11:19 ( Deuteronomy 14:18 ) is disputed: lapwing (KJV); hoopoe (modern English translations); waterhen (earliest Greek); woodcock (Targum).

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Hoopoe'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/h/hoopoe.html. 1991.

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