oriole
See also: Oriole
English

An oriole (Oriolidae).
Etymology
1768; a borrowing from Middle French oriol, from Old French oriol, from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus (“golden”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹi.əl/
Noun
oriole (plural orioles)
- Any of various colourful passerine birds, the New World orioles from the family Icteridae and the Old World orioles from the family Oriolidae.
Translations
any of the various colourful passerine birds
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