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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
.
Crested oriole
.
(Zool.)
See
Cassican
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Oriole

O'RIOLE

,
Noun.
A genus of birds of the order of picae.

Definition 2024

Oriole

Oriole

See also: oriole

English

Noun

Oriole ‎(plural Orioles)

  1. (baseball) A player on the team Baltimore Orioles.
    He became an Oriole as the result of a pre-season trade.

oriole

oriole

See also: Oriole

English

An oriole (Oriolidae).

Noun

oriole ‎(plural orioles)

  1. Any of various colourful passerine birds, the New World orioles from the family Icteridae and the Old World orioles from the family Oriolidae.

Translations

Etymology

1768; from Middle French oriol, from Old French oriol, from Old Provençal auriol, from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus ‎(“golden”).

Pronunciation

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