oropendola

See also: oropéndola

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oropéndola.

Noun

oropendola (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.
   • 1988 February 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

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

Translations

bird of the genus Psarocolius

• Finnish: kultapyrstö (fi)