oropendola

[ awr-uh-pen-dl-uh, ohr-uh- ]

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noun

any of several birds of the genus Gymnostinops, related to crows and feeding primarily on fruit and nectar, noted especially for their hanging nests.

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Word History and Origins

1895–1900; < Spanish �ǰ��Ǳ�é�Ի�Ǳ�� the golden oriole, equivalent to oro gold (< Latin aurum ) + ��é�Ի�Ǳ��, by-form of ��éñ�Ǳ�� feather, quill < Latin pinnula, diminutive of pinna feather, wing; pinna, -ule

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Consider the peacock’s “big, squawky, shriek,” or the call of the tropical species Montezuma oropendola, reminiscent of the firing of a space weapon in a science-fiction film.

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Amid the ilex-groves the Golden Oriole hangs suspended, hovering like a Kestrel in mid-air, his rich orange lustre justifying the Spanish name—oropendola: the Roller, clad in chestnut and azure, and rich parti-coloured Hoopoes and Pied Woodpeckers flit among the foliage.

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Orontes oropharynx

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