oriole (redirected from Orioles)

o·ri·ole  (ôr-l, r-)

n.

1. Any of various Old World passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of which the males are characteristically black and bright yellow or orange.

2. Any of various similar New World birds of the family Icteridae.

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[Obsolete French oriol, from Old French, from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus, golden, from aurum, gold.]

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oriole [ˈɔːrɪˌəʊl]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any songbird of the mainly tropical Old World family Oriolidae, such as Oriolus oriolus (golden oriole), having a long pointed bill and a mostly yellow-and-black plumage

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any American songbird of the family Icteridae, esp those of the genus Icterus, such as the Baltimore oriole, with a typical male plumage of black with either orange or yellow

[from Medieval Latin oryolus, from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus, from aurum gold]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	oriole - mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black Old World oriole oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus family Oriolidae, Oriolidae - Old World orioles golden oriole, Oriolus oriolus - bright yellow songbird with black wings fig-bird - greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits
	2.	oriole - American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow American oriole, New World oriole oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus family Icteridae, Icteridae - American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks Icterus galbula, northern oriole - a kind of New World oriole Icterus spurius, orchard oriole - the male is chestnut-and-black lark, meadowlark - North American songbirds having a yellow breast cacique, cazique - black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, reedbird, ricebird - migratory American songbird blackbird, New World blackbird - any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black

Translations

oriole [ˈɔːrɪəʊl] N golden oriole → oropéndola f

oriole

n → Pirol m