Troup"i*al (?), n. [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.]

 

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