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AMERICAN ORIOLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does American oriole mean?
• AMERICAN ORIOLE (noun)
The noun AMERICAN ORIOLE has 1 sense:
1. American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
Familiarity information: AMERICAN ORIOLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
American oriole; New World oriole; oriole
Hypernyms ("American oriole" is a kind of...):
oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "American oriole"):
Icterus galbula; northern oriole (a kind of New World oriole)
Icterus spurius; orchard oriole (the male is chestnut-and-black)
lark; meadowlark (North American songbirds having a yellow breast)
cacique; cazique (black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics)
bobolink; Dolichonyx oryzivorus; reedbird; ricebird (migratory American songbird)
blackbird; New World blackbird (any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black)
Holonyms ("American oriole" is a member of...):
family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)
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