oropendolan.

Brit.

/ˌɒrə(ʊ)ˈpɛndələ/,

/ˌɒrə(ʊ)ˈpɛndl̩ə/, U.S.

/ˌɔroʊˈpɛndələ/

Forms: 1800s– oropendola, 1800s– oropendula.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish oropéndola.

Etymology: < Spanish oropéndola golden oriole (1495) < oro gold ( < classical Latin aurum gold: see auro- comb. form) + péndola feather ( < classical Latin pinnula pinnule n.).The form oropendula is perhaps immediately after pendule n. and related words, although Spanish†oropendula is occasionally attested from the 17th cent.

Any of a number of tropical American orioles of the genus Psarocolius (family Icteridae), noted for their long hanging nests.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > miscellaneous types of

blackbird1602

grackle1772

oropendola1860

yellowhead1868

thrush-blackbird1889

1860 Harper's Mag. Feb. 332/2 Silver bark, festooned with the grass-woven nests of the oropendola, a bird of subdued but lustrous plumage.

1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 37 It was the Inca Bird (Ostenops Montezuma); the ‘Oro-pendula’ or Golden-tail of the Spaniards.

1955 Sci. News Let. 23 July 64/3 Nests of the oropendola, or ‘giant oriole’, are narrow bags two to three feet long, woven of straws and weeds.

1970 R. Meyer de Schauensee Guide Birds S. Amer. 352 This family [sc. Icteridae] comprises an assortment of birds ranging from forest-inhabiting oropendolas and caciques to the more familiar grackles, cowbirds and meadowlarks.

1992 N.Y. Times 10 Mar. c4/6 The bird is a tropical blackbird called Montezuma's oropendula.

1995 Denver Post 15 Jan. t7/2 We learned to identify the hanging nests of the olive oropendola, a large and distinctively raucous bird.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oropendola
释义	oropendolan. Brit. /ˌɒrə(ʊ)ˈpɛndələ/, /ˌɒrə(ʊ)ˈpɛndl̩ə/, U.S. /ˌɔroʊˈpɛndələ/ Forms: 1800s– oropendola, 1800s– oropendula. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish oropéndola. Etymology: < Spanish oropéndola golden oriole (1495) < oro gold ( < classical Latin aurum gold: see auro- comb. form) + péndola feather ( < classical Latin pinnula pinnule n.).The form oropendula is perhaps immediately after pendule n. and related words, although Spanish†oropendula is occasionally attested from the 17th cent. Any of a number of tropical American orioles of the genus Psarocolius (family Icteridae), noted for their long hanging nests. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > miscellaneous types of blackbird1602 grackle1772 oropendola1860 yellowhead1868 thrush-blackbird1889 1860 Harper's Mag. Feb. 332/2 Silver bark, festooned with the grass-woven nests of the oropendola, a bird of subdued but lustrous plumage. 1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 37 It was the Inca Bird (Ostenops Montezuma); the ‘Oro-pendula’ or Golden-tail of the Spaniards. 1955 Sci. News Let. 23 July 64/3 Nests of the oropendola, or ‘giant oriole’, are narrow bags two to three feet long, woven of straws and weeds. 1970 R. Meyer de Schauensee Guide Birds S. Amer. 352 This family [sc. Icteridae] comprises an assortment of birds ranging from forest-inhabiting oropendolas and caciques to the more familiar grackles, cowbirds and meadowlarks. 1992 N.Y. Times 10 Mar. c4/6 The bird is a tropical blackbird called Montezuma's oropendula. 1995 Denver Post 15 Jan. t7/2 We learned to identify the hanging nests of the olive oropendola, a large and distinctively raucous bird. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860
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