oropendola

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noun
Definitions
  • 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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian oropéndola.

Origin

Spanish

oropéndola

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