upupa

upŭpa, ae, f. [ἔποψ].

I Lit., a hoopoe , Plin. 10, 29, 44, § 86; 10, 25, 36, § 73; Varr. L. L. 5, § 75 Müll.; cf. epops.—

II Transf., a kind of hoe or mattock , Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 7.