The Collaborative International Dictionary
Troupial \Troup"i*al\, n. [F. troupiale.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of bright-colored American birds belonging to Icterus and allied genera, especially Icterus icterus, a native of the West Indies and South America. Many of the species are called orioles in America. [Written also troopial.]
Wiktionary
n. An oriole, ''Icterus icterus'', with black head, long tail, and bulky bill.
Wikipedia
There are three species of bird named troupial (turpial in Spanish), formerly considered one species:
- Venezuelan troupial, Icterus icterus
- Campo troupial, Icterus jamacii
- Orange-backed troupial, Icterus croconotus
Category:Birds by common name
Usage examples of "troupial".
It was drizzling noiselessly, the troupial was whistling in the house next door, and his wife was talking while he brushed his teeth.
She went to the kitchen, put the coffeepot on the stove, and waited for it to boil, hanging first on the whistle of the troupial and a moment later on the sound of the shower.
Miss Lynch hanging the birdcage from the eaves so that the troupial could learn the recited lessons, they saw her wearing a bright-colored turban and going about her household tasks as she recited along with them in her brilliant Caribbean voice, and later they saw her sitting on the porch, reciting the afternoon psalms by herself in English.
And, he thought, frangipani and jacaranda, hibiscus and troupial birds singing.
Above it there was a golden-yellow flash as a troupial found all the human beings too alarming and fled along the beach.