troop bird

The same as TROOPIAL (q. v.). 2. A troop-ship (q. v.). "The high, white sides of the trooper , swarming with life." London Daily Telegraph . flocks.] troô-pi-al, s . [French troupiale , from troupe a troop, from their habit of a embling in large Ornith.: A popular name for several species of the genus Icterus; often extended to the sub-families Icterinæ and Agelaine. All the troopials are American, and in some respects resemble the Starlings and in others the Finches of the Old World. In the Icterinse the prevailing colors of the plumage are yellow and black, and the species are also known as Orioles. The Common Troopial, Icterus vulgar is , is about ten inches long, back and abdomen yellow; head, neck, breast, and tail black; white band on wings. The Orchard Troopial, I. spurius , resembles the Baltimore Oriole (q v.) in general appearance, but is slenderer in form. troôp'-ing, pr. par. or a. [TROOP, v.] Trooping the colors : Mil.: A ceremony observed in garrisons, when the whole of the guards are paraded previous to marching to their respective posts. These bodies are formed in line, on the flank and in front of which the color is placed, protected by sentries. The band faces it on the opposite flank. After the guards are inspected, ., the band advances in slow time to the color, which is now provided with an escort; and, finally, the band, escort, and color pa between the opened ranks of the guards in a series of single files until the other flank of the line is reached. The colors are saluted by presenting arms, and the guards march past. troost-ite, s . [After Prof. G. Troost, of Nashville, Tenne ee; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min .: A variety of Willemite (q. v.), occurring in large opaque crystals, which are mostly impure from the presence of iron and manganese. Found with franklinite, ., in the state of New Jersey. trō-pæ-o-lā-çě-æ, subst . pl . [Mod. Latin tro . pœol (um); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceœ .] Botany : Indian-cre es; an order of Hypogynous Exogens, alliance Malvales Smooth, twisting or twining herbs of tender texture and acrid taste. Peduncles axillary, one-flowered. Sepals three to five, generally with valvate æstivation, the upper one with a long spur; petals normally five, yellow, scarlet, orange, rarely blue, sometimes reduced to two or even one, convolute in æstivation; stamens six to ten; anthers two-celled; style one; stigmas three to five; ovary one, three-cornered; three or five carpels; ovules solitary; fruit indehiscent; seeds large, without albumen, filling the cell in which they are. Known genera five, species forty-three. ( Lindley .) All from the temperate parts of America. The order was formed by the elevation of the tribe Tropæoleæ [1]; now most botanists are reverting to the old arrangement. tro-pæ-ō-le-æ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. tropœol ( um ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Botany : 1. A tribe of Geraniaceae, the equivalent of the order Tropæolacere (q. v.). (Ju ieu, & c.) 2. The typical tribe of Tropeolaccæ, having irreg *troop-meal, adverb. By troops, in troops, in ular flowers and pendulous ovules. crowds. "So troop- meal , Troy pursued awhile." Chapman. Homer's Iliad , xvii. 634. troop-ship, subst. A ship for the conveyance of troops; a transport. "Then we steer close alongside of her Majesty's great troop - ship the Crocodile, full of time-expired and invalid soldiers."-London Daily Telegraph. trō-pæ-ol-ic, a. [Mod. Lat. tropœol (um); -ic.] Derived from tropæolum. tropæolic-acid, s. Chem.: An acid extracted from the herb and seed of Tropœolum majus , by heating with alcohol. It crystallizes in slender needles, insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and ether. trophis