Meaning of ORIOLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'owreeowl
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- [n] American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
- [n] mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
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| | Synonyms: | | American oriole, New World oriole, Old World oriole |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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}.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing an oriole in your dream, represents the sun, light and happiness. It may denote the season of summer. |
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