oropendola

See also: oropéndola

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oropéndola.

Noun

oropendola (plural oropendolas)

  1. 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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