Cyclone Hudhud devastated the coastal city of Vishakapatnam in India in October 2014. The word 'Hudhud' comes from the Koranic name of the Hoopoe bird.
This bird's scientific name is Upupa epops. What is common to the etymology of the order 'upupa' and the bird's name 'hoopoe'?
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These are derived onomatopoeically from the sound that this bird makes.
More here, along with the distinctive sound.
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