oriole
noun
- any of an Old World family (Oriolidae) of chiefly yellow-and-black passerine birds, including the (Oriolus oriolus)
- any of a genus (Icterus, family Icteridae) of American passerine birds, including the Baltimore oriole, that have bright plumage of orange (or yellow) and black, and build hanging nests
See oriole in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ôrˈē-ōlˌ, ōrˈ-)
noun- Any of various Old World passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of which the males are characteristically black and bright yellow or orange.
- Any of various similar New World birds of the family Icteridae.
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