oriole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː.ɹiːˌəʊl/
ipa: /ˈɔɹ.iˌoʊl/
homophone: aureole
Forms: form: orioles
Etymology: A borrowing from Middle French oriol, from Old French oriol, from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus (“golden”). Doublet of aureole. First use appears c. 1776 in the writings of Thomas Pennant.
Senses: examples: text: Those at risk include the wood thrush, a well-known songbird, and the Baltimore oriole, the mascot of Maryland’s baseball team.
ref: 2019 October 10, Emily Holden, “Two-thirds of bird species in North America could vanish in climate crisis”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Any of various colourful passerine birds, the New World orioles from the family Icteridae and the Old World orioles from the family Oriolidae.
wikipedia: Thomas Pennant
Derived terms: taxonomic: Oriolus auratus
word: African golden oriole
taxonomic: Icterus gularis
word: Altamira oriole
taxonomic: Icterus graduacauda
word: Audubon's oriole
taxonomic: Icterus northropi
word: Bahama oriole
taxonomic: Icterus galbula
word: Baltimore oriole
taxonomic: Icterus maculialatus
word: bar-winged oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus cruentus
word: black-and-crimson oriole
taxonomic: Icterus abeillei
word: black-backed oriole
taxonomic: Icterus prosthemelas
word: black-cowled oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus bouroensis
word: black-eared oriole
taxonomic: Icterus graduacauda
word: black-headed oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus larvatus
word: black-headed oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus xanthornus
word: black-hooded oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus chinensis
word: black-naped oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus hosii
word: black oriole
taxonomic: Icterus wagleri
word: black-vented oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus nigripennis
word: black-winged oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus szalayi
word: brown oriole
taxonomic: Icterus bullockii
word: Bullock's oriole
taxonomic: Psarocolius decumanus
word: crested oriole
taxonomic: Icterus melanopsis
word: Cuban oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus xanthonotus
word: dark-throated oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus phaeochromus
word: dusky-brown oriole
taxonomic: Icterus cayanensis
word: epaulet oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus monacha
word: Ethiopian oriole
word: Eurasian golden oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus oriolus
word: golden oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus chlorocephalus
word: green-headed oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus flavocinctus
word: green oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus forsteni
word: grey-collared oriole
taxonomic: Icterus dominicensis
word: Hispaniolan oriole
taxonomic: Icterus cucullatus
word: hooded oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus kundoo
word: Indian golden oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus isabellae
word: Isabela oriole
taxonomic: Icterus leucopteryx
word: Jamaican oriole
word: maroon oriole (Oriolus traillii
taxonomic: Icterus bonana
word: Martinique oriole
taxonomic: Icterus oberi
word: Montserrat oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus percivali
word: mountain oriole
word: New World oriole
taxonomic: Icterus galbula
word: northern oriole
taxonomic: Icterus fuertesi
word: ochre oriole
taxonomic: Oriolidae spp.
word: Old World oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus sagittatus
word: olive-backed oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus melanotis
word: olive-brown oriole
taxonomic: Icterus auricapillus
word: orange-crowned oriole
taxonomic: Icterus auratus
word: orange oriole
taxonomic: Icterus spurius
word: orchard oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus steerii
word: Philippine oriole
taxonomic: Icterus portoricensis
word: Puerto Rican oriole
taxonomic: Icterus laudabilis
word: Saint Lucia oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus crassirostris
word: São Tomé oriole
word: Scott's oriole (Icterus parisorum
word: Sennett's hooded oriole
word: Sennett's oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus mellianus
word: silver oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus tenuirostris
word: slender-billed oriole
taxonomic: Icterus pectoralis
word: spot-breasted oriole
taxonomic: Icterus pustulatus
word: streak-backed oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus decipiens
word: Tanimbar oriole
taxonomic: Icterus pyrrhopterus
word: variable oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus brachyrynchus
word: western oriole
taxonomic: Icterus graceannae
word: white-edged oriole
taxonomic: Oriolus albiloris
word: white-lored oriole
taxonomic: Icterus chrysater
word: yellow-backed oriole
taxonomic: Icterus nigrogularis
word: yellow oriole
taxonomic: Icterus mesomelas
word: yellow-tailed oriole
Related terms: aureole
aureolin
loriot