About The Word Oriole
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Oriole
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What's The Definition Of Oriole?
[n] American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
[n] mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black Synonyms | Synonyms for Oriole: American oriole | New World oriole | Old World oriole Related Terms | Find terms related to Oriole: See Also | blackbird | bobolink | cacique | cazique | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | family Icteridae | family Oriolidae | fig-bird | golden oriole | Icteridae | Icterus galbula | Icterus spurius | lark | meadowlark | New World blackbird | northern oriole | orchard oriole | Oriolidae | Oriolus oriolus | oscine | oscine bird | reedbird | ricebird Oriole In Webster's Dictionary \O"ri*ole\, n. [OF. oriol, oriouz, orieus, F. loriot (for
l'oriol), fr. L. aureolus golden, dim. of aureus golden, fr.
aurum gold. Cf. {Aureole}, {Oriel}, {Loriot}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of
the family {Oriolid[ae]}. They are usually conspicuously
colored with yellow and black. The European or golden
oriole ({Oriolus galbula}, or {O. oriolus}) has a very
musical flutelike note.
(b) In America, any one of several species of the genus
{Icterus}, belonging to the family {Icterid[ae]}. See
{Baltimore oriole}, and {Orchard oriole}, under
{Orchard}.
{Crested oriole}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Cassican}.
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