See also: Oriole

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a Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus: Oriolidae)

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1768; a borrowing from Middle French oriol, from Old French oriol, from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus (golden).

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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.
    • 2019 October 10, Emily Holden, “Two-thirds of bird species in North America could vanish in climate crisis”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Those at risk include the wood thrush, a well-known songbird, and the Baltimore oriole, the mascot of Maryland’s baseball team.

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oriole m (plural orioles)

  1. oriole