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Definition of: troopial
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′pē·əl) noun
Any American bird of the family Icteridae, including the blackbirds, orioles, bobolinks, and meadowlarks, especially Icterus icterus of South America and the West Indies, mostly black varied with yellow and white. Also spelled troupial. [<F troupiale <troupe <OF trope TROOP; so called because it goes in flocks]
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