Oriole

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
oriole
    n 1: mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange
         and black [syn: {Old World oriole}, {oriole}]
    2: American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow [syn:
       {New World oriole}, {American oriole}, {oriole}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Oriole \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}.] (Zool.)
   (a) Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of
       the family {Oriolidae}. They are usually conspicuously
       colored with yellow and black. The European or golden
       oriole ({Oriolus galbula}, or {Oriolus oriolus}) has a
       very musical flutelike note.
   (b) In America, any one of several species of the genus
       {Icterus}, belonging to the family {Icteridae}. See
       {Baltimore oriole}, and {Orchard oriole}, under
       {Orchard}.
       [1913 Webster]

   {Crested oriole}. (Zool.) See {Cassican}.
      [1913 Webster]
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