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Webster 1913 Edition


Troupial

Troup′i-al

,
Noun.
[F.
troupiale
.]
(Zool.)
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
.]