oropendola

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noun

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.

OriginSpanish oropéndola →
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Meanings

nounoropendola (plural oropendolas)

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.

    Orioles, along with grackles, blackbirds, meadowlarks, and oropendolas, belong to a family called the Icteridae, which are found only in the New World.

    1988 February 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

  1. Spanishoropéndola
  2. Englishoropendola

Borrowed from Spanish oropéndola.

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Translations

Finnish kultapyrstö
  • kultapyrstöbird of the genus Psarocolius
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APA

oropendola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oropendola

MLA

“oropendola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oropendola. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oropendola,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oropendola.

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