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Webster 1913 Edition
Oriole
O′ri-ole
,Noun.
[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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Oriole
O'RIOLE
,Noun.