Definitions for: Oriole


[n] American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
[n] mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: American oriole, New World oriole, Old World 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

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