Definition of Troupials

1. Noun. (plural of troupial) ¹

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Definition of Troupials

1. troupial [n] - See also: troupial

Lexicographical Neighbors of Troupials

troules
trouling
trouls
trounce
trounced
trouncer
trouncers
trounces
trouncing
troupe
trouped
trouper
troupers
troupes
troupial
troupials (current term)
trouping
trous-de-loup
trouse
trouser
trouser clip
trouser cough
trouser cuff
trouser leg
trouser pocket
trouser press
trouser snakes
trousered
trousering

Literary usage of Troupials

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"... and the third the troupials; the characteristics of which are pointed out below. ... troupials ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"The eggs, three in number in every nest I found, are unlike those of the other troupials I have seen, but are marked with light and dark brown spots, ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1837)
"... humming birds, and troupials go partially beyond this region to colder districts or higher latitudes ; and it may be remarked of the ..."

4. The Medical Report of the Rice Expedition to Brazil by William Thomas Councilman, R. A. Lambert (1918)
"three common varieties of small birds, such as parroquets and troupials,1 all of which are seen along the rivers or in clearings, the traveller rarely sees ..."

5. The International Year Book edited by Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"This second part includes only four families, the tanagers. troupials. ... There are iu tanagers, in troupials (including what arc known in the United ..."

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