Definition of Oriole
O´ri`ole
n.
1.
(Zool.)
Any
one
of
various
species
of
Old
World
singing
birds
of
the
family
Oriolidæ
.
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
.
Crested oriole
(Zool.)
See
Cassican
.
Related Words
family
Oriolidae
,
fig-bird
,
golden
oriole
,
Old
World
oriole
,
Oriolidae
,
Oriolus
oriolus
,
oscine
,
oscine
bird
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