Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Troupial \Troup"i*al\, n. [F. troupiale.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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}.]