You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
HOOPOES
Noun
hoopoes
plural of hoopoe
Source: Wiktionary
HOOPOE
Hoop"oe, Hoop"oo, n. Etym: [So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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