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troupial /ˈtruːpɪəl /nounA gregarious songbird of the American oriole family, typically having orange and black plumage and yellow eyes.- Genus Icterus, family Icteridae: several species, in particular the tropical American Icterus icterus.
The eggs are incubated for 15 or 16 days and newly hatched troupials are fed equally by both parents....- Above the sounds of the powerful wind, parakeets and troupials can be heard chattering, and the bleating of goats reverberates across rolling hills.
- You can see the troupials just about everywhere on the island.
Origin Early 19th century: from French troupiale, alteration of American Spanish turpial, of unknown origin. |