"Hoopoo" is a word in ENGLISH
A European bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), having a
beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also
hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the
same genus and allied genera.
Fire burned in her heart, and her wounded soul spread out, casting a shadow like wings across her country.
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