oropendola
See also: oropéndola
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish oropéndola.
Noun
oropendola (plural oropendolas)
- Any of a number of tropical birds related to the caciques, mostly in the genus Psarocolius, and, like the caciques, noted for living communally in large, hanging basket nests.
- 1988 February 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader:
- Orioles, along with grackles, blackbirds, meadowlarks, and oropendolas, belong to a family called the Icteridae, which are found only in the New World.
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