oriole
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.: Compare golden oriole.
any of several brightly colored passerine birds of the family Icteridae, of the New World.
Origin of oriole
1- Compare northern oriole, orchard oriole.
Words Nearby oriole
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How to use oriole in a sentence
The next day, he spent the morning at Memorial Stadium pouring cokes at an oriole party for a hundred poor children.
But Father oriole heard the three willow whistles and he turned and began to whistle back—oh such a pretty song.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon AndersonIn the fork of two high branches was a great round nest—oh ever so much bigger than the thrush's and the oriole's.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon AndersonFather oriole, you see, was more interested in getting fat beetles and caterpillars for food.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon AndersonAnd once Mother oriole found, caught in the shutter, little threads of Hepzebiah's hair.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon Anderson
So for a number of days in the warm weather, and in the rainy weather too, Mother oriole sat faithfully on her nest.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for oriole
/ (ˈɔːrɪˌəʊl) /
any songbird of the mainly tropical Old World family Oriolidae, such as Oriolus oriolus (golden oriole), having a long pointed bill and a mostly yellow-and-black plumage
any American songbird of the family Icteridae, esp those of the genus Icterus, such as the Baltimore oriole, with a typical male plumage of black with either orange or yellow
Origin of oriole
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