oropendola

Meaning

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.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Spanish oropĂ©ndola.

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