oriole

Definitions


[ˈɔːrɪəʊl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a tree-dwelling Old World bird of which the male typically has bright yellow and black plumage

- a New World bird of the American blackbird family, with black and orange or yellow plumage


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Origin:
late 18th century: from medieval Latin oriolus (in Old French oriol), from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus ‘golden’, from aurum ‘gold’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries