oriole : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: oriole	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for oriole
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oriole n mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black Synonym(s): Old World oriole, oriole American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow Synonym(s): New World oriole, American oriole, oriole
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oriole \O"riole\, n. [OF. oriol, oriouz, orieus, F. loriot (for l'oriol), fr. L. aureolus golden, dim. of aureus golden, fr. aurum gold. Cf. {Aureole}, {Oriel}, {Loriot}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of the family {Oriolid[91]}. They are usually conspicuously colored with yellow and black. The European or golden oriole* ({Oriolus galbula}, or {O. oriolus}) has a very musical flutelike note. (b) In America, any one of several species of the genus {Icterus}, belonging to the family {Icterid[91]}. See {Baltimore oriole}, and {Orchard oriole}, under {Orchard}. {Crested oriole}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cassican}.