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troupial

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troup⋅i⋅al

  [troo-pee-uhl]
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–noun
any of several American birds of the family Icteridae, esp. one with brilliantly colored plumage, as Icterus icterus, of South America.
Origin:
1815–25; < F troupiale (so called from its gregariousness). See troop, -ial
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trou·pi·al   (trōō'pē-əl)   
n.  Any of several tropical American birds of the genus Icterus, related to the orioles and New World blackbirds, especially I. icterus, having orange and black plumage.

[French troupiale, from troupe, flock; see troop.]
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